It sounds corny, but it's absolutely true: A song chooses me. I don't go looking for a certain kind of lyric. It… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
Life is much more complex than the black-and-white sound bites that you get on television. There are nuances and shades of gray. — Joe Berlinger Copy Share Image
It is in vain that a man of sound mind and cool temper understands the condition of such a wretched being... He… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Often, in horror films, the single most effective device for building a sense of scariness is the soundtrack: the clanking of chains,… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
I am very harsh on myself. I can point out a list. My nose is very strange. I have a very round… — Emily Meade Copy Share Image
I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played… — Benjamin Booker Copy Share Image
Ministry of Sound was actually the first club I ever played in the UK, it must have been around 1993. Being invited… — Paul van Dyk Copy Share Image
Boss: I just heard that light travels faster than sound. I'm wondering if I should shout when I speak, just so my… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
I do my job, and I do what I’m paid to do and I’m always prepared. I prepare by learning the text… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
Cinema is the most challenging art form that you as an artist can create. It's easier to paint a painting because you're… — Baran Odar Copy Share Image
I couldn’t see Pritkin’s face very well, just a pale blur against the shadows, but he didn’t sound happy. Some people thought… — Karen Chance Copy Share Image
Celebrity and charity have been bedfellows for many years. The key is to try and choose practical, sound and effective ones. There… — Billy Zane Copy Share Image
Cole made a hissing sound. "Are you inside yet? God bless America and all her sons. What is taking you so long?"… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
The use of electronics is a natural extension of the instrument - it is an electric guitar. So we guitarists have been… — Tim Brady Copy Share Image
It’s the age of celebrity. It’s the age of social media. But for we old school girls who don’t want to show… — Gina Torres Copy Share Image
I remember I did quite a lot of interviews when the book and the CD came out, and I did a drivetime… — David Toop Copy Share Image
Then my first film was something called Cannibal Girls, which sounds like a horror movie but was actually kind of a goofy… — Ivan Reitman Copy Share Image
It's a damn shame we have this immediate ticking off in the mind about how people sound. On the other hand, how… — Eileen Atkins Copy Share Image
We have the freedom to either play a tempo or not to play a tempo; to play a note or not to… — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
I like to piece together different guitarists, unlikely bedfellows. You have Jonny Greenwood playing next to Nile Rodgers on the same track,… — Bryan Ferry Copy Share Image
I got introduced to Maps by my label, and I liked his sound. I had been living with the original version of… — Seinabo Sey Copy Share Image
When it comes to music I love old stuff, especially songs that sound like they are of a specific era. For me… — Chris McCausland Copy Share Image
We have found that bats adjust the timing of their sounds when they encounter clutter, and they seem to 'strobe' the world… — Cynthia Moss Copy Share Image
Thinking... is no more and no less an organ of perception than the eye or ear. Just as the eye perceives colours… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
We wanted to guide the musicians, so we could create our own sound. We would never let the band just go in… — Lamont Dozier Copy Share Image
Having the facility to have this multitrack at home, I could try experiments with sort of all of the instruments, giving them… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
No matter what I do, my songs come out in a certain style, and if that sounds like Dead Kennedys, then there's… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
Perhaps the old literacy of words is dying and a new literacy of images is being born. Perhaps the printed page will… — Nancy Newhall Copy Share Image
There's something really emotional about not having any sound. That allows, I think, the audience to participate more actively and kind of… — Pete Docter Copy Share Image
As a jazz musician, you have individual power to create the sound. You also have a responsibility to function in the context… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Some wise being organized my system, and gave me my capacity, put into my heart and brain something that delights, charms, and… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
[T]here is only one sound argument for democracy, and that is the argument that it is a crime for any man to… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
My songs are personal music, they're not communal. I wouldn't want people singing along with me. It would sound funny. I'm not… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
I'm somebody who has to physically experience an environment in order to know it as well as I would like to know… — Bill Bradley Copy Share Image
The ocean is 20 minutes away. Nature surrounds me 24/7. I wake up to the sounds of birds chirping. I also love… — Jordana Brewster Copy Share Image
There's music to dance to and make love to, music to cry to. I'm starting from scratch, coming fresh. But my sound… — El DeBarge Copy Share Image
I just go for what makes me feel good. Especially in 2011, it's so easy to sound like a dickhead when describing… — Mike Tucker Copy Share Image
I listen to music because that's such a huge part of my process; not to sound super pretentious, but that's a big… — Kerris Dorsey Copy Share Image
As frightening as this may sound, what you see in the books is the way I see the world. And so far… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
I've been able to do some great things. I've gone to All-Star Games, I've won Gold Gloves, Silver Sluggers - I don't… — Nolan Arenado Copy Share Image
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