Sound Quotes · Page 93

How flat all sounds are at the seaside, flat and yet emphatic, like the sound of gunshots heard at a distance.

— John Banville

Few things sound so beautiful as the poetic accent of a Welsh woman.

— Steve Fowler

I'm really into Steve O'Sullivan and Mosaic/Sushitech with that dub sound.

— Subb-an

Everything I write, I read out loud. It has to sound a certain way. It has to look a certain way on…

— Jacqueline Woodson

Ham's substantial, ham is fat. Ham is firm and sound. Ham's what God was getting at When He made pigs so round.

— Roy Blount, Jr

We grew up understanding how the analog sound is a driving force for music.

— Rohan Marley

That music in itself, whose sounds are song, The poetry of speech.

— Lord Byron

I'm terrified of improv. Improv in a show or in front of an audience sounds terrifying.

— Elizabeth Olsen

If I can hear the music then no, I don't hit a wrong note. But if I can't hear the music because…

— Gregory Porter

It's been a straight strip, I must tell you, I've enjoyed it all the way. If I'm saying things to make it…

— Aaron Spelling

For me, it doesn't matter how difficult something is, it doesn't matter how impressive it is, it's what sounds best that really…

— Dave Navarro

I'd never be where I am if more successful writers hadn't taken an interest in me and done me a good turn…

— Sara Sheridan

Personally, I like records that are very varied in sound. Not just like, 'Oh, here's 12 super heavy tracks,' and they're all…

— John 5

I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I…

— Rogers Hornsby

Miss: A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) and Mister…

— Ambrose Bierce

I know it sounds weird, but my definition of 'sexy' has changed as I've gotten older. And being smart and informed makes…

— Sarah Shahi

All sounds are sharper in winter; the air transmits better. At night I hear more distinctly the steady roar of the North…

— John Burroughs

I think the years on 'The Donna Reed Show,' the years from 14 to 19, were so incredibly important. Donna Reed was…

— Shelley Fabares

For me, changing the sound and listening to new music - that's just so fun. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.…

— Jim James

Holy is the dish and drain, the soap and sink, and the cup and plate and the warm wool socks, and the…

— Carrie Newcomer

Amazingly, 85 percent of prescribed standard medical treatments across the board lack scientific validation, according to the New York Times. Richard Smith,…

— Kenny Ausubel

You have to believe him, because he's going to have your entire palace up in arms and your court in chaos and…

— Megan Whalen Turner

My imagination? No, I don't think it's VIVID at all. On the contrary, it's not nearly potent enough. My poor imaginative faculties…

— Thomas Ligotti

Many adults play roles when they speak to young children. They use silly words and sounds. They talk down to the child.…

— Eckhart Tolle

Really, becoming a writer sounds more like a mental illness than a professional choice.

— Shannon Hale

Eventually you get to this point where you understand what you want to do and get across and sound like.

— Kendrick Lamar

It's not only the wealth of sounds in Omnisphere; You're struck by the fact that you hear magic sound after magic sound.

— Jordan Rudess

I find it incredibly annoying to just go out and sing the old stuff and write songs that sound like the old…

— John Waite

Sounds good. Drive safe." He sighed, knowing I really meant, "Take care of my Mercedes.

— Jennifer Rardin

I sound New York. I sound East Coast much more than a blonde person from L.A.

— Julie Kavner

It is impossible for any culture to be sound and healthy without a proper respect and proper regard for the soil.

— Andrew Nelson Lytle

Christmas celebrations are often full of sound. It would be good for us to make room for silence, to hear the voice…

— Pope Francis

If music is sound & came from silence, then silence is potentially greater than sound.

— Keith Jarrett

I don't have one song that sounds like another one in my entire catalog.

— Erykah Badu

I spent a lot of time waiting for things to happen to me, which is more or less as pathetic as it…

— Sloane Crosley

I hate to sound like Julie the cruise director but it's people that I think about all the time.

— Bruce McCulloch

I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense.

— Robert Frost

Sound is the most important thing on any film, especially documentaries.

— Matthew Heineman

I think the fans really wanna hear the songs the way they sound on the record.

— Ace Frehley

As an artist, I try not to sound the same as others. Or even as myself.

— Vic Mensa