Sound Quotes · Page 126

I'm a long way off finishing the LP, but I've got an idea in my head of exactly how I want it…

— Gold Panda

At the beginning of each project, I like to create a palette of sound for that particular project.

— Ramin Djawadi

When you are not near me, I make the sound of one hand clapping.

— Dan Fogelberg

A good leader... maintains a balance between emotional drive and sound thinking.

— Haile Selassie

I can say this much with confidence - that I now have a sound of my own

— Shreya Ghoshal

It is a river of ideas from which I fish out sounds that make my soul happy.

— Michal Lapaj

I feel like an old warhorse at the sound of a trumpet when I read about the capturing of rare beetles.

— Charles Darwin

If you make things sound inoffensively obvious, then it is likely that no one will listen.

— B. W. Powe

Acoustic phonetics, which is developing and increasing in richness very rapidly, already enables us to solve many of the mysteries of sound,…

— Roman Jakobson

Music deals with time and timing. It's so magical, but when you get into it, every little sound and every little space…

— David Lynch

Perceiving your own voice means perceiving your true self or nature. When you and the sound become one, you dont hear the…

— Seungsahn

It was shocking to see Nirvana play, because it was like, "Here's this little guy with a monster-guitar sound." And it was…

— Billy Corgan

That's where the songs come from: that's what I'd most want people to understand. What sounds good or looks good, that's nothing.…

— Adam Duritz

Every time you strip my sword, I owe you a kiss. How's that sound?" I bit my lip to keep from giggling.…

— Becca Fitzpatrick

What a pity flowers can utter no sound!-A singing rose, a whispering violet, a murmuring honeysuckle ... oh, what a rare and…

— Henry Ward Beecher

It can be really weird to say, 'Hey man, let's make a record and start with this horrible zither sound.' But I…

— Daniel Lopatin

I often get asked, 'Is the book dead?' It hasn't happened yet. It's different than music. Music was always meant to be…

— Chip Kidd

To some, the image of a pale body glimmering on a dark night whispers of defeat. What good is a God who…

— Philip Yancey

There are writers who pour out words, concepts that sound really important but that basically say nothing. I always tried to be…

— Chespirito

Caitlin Cary and I were always talking about X when we talked about whiskeytown, before it became an actual band. We like…

— Ryan Adams

I'm at your house?" Kody asked."You don't have to sound so offended. I do have people clean it, you know?""Sorry." She sighed…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Grown-ups love figures... When you tell them you've made a new friend they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

I'm actually big into meditation, transcendental meditation, and that really helps create not only a sense of balance, but all the other…

— Eva Mendes

Whether a listener absorbs this music or rebels against it is at least partly a matter of how the performers put it…

— Allan Kozinn

Hermione was screaming again: the sound went through Harry like physical pain.

— Anonymous

It's very important to go through periods where you sound just rotten and you know it, and you have to persevere or…

— Steve Lacy

I'm pretty basic as far as technique is concerned. I don't use many gadgets, and I like the sound my guitar makes,…

— Brian May

The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.

— Milan Kundera

In the laboratory the gambits all test unfavorably, but the old rule wears well, that all gambits are sound over the board.

— William Ewart Napier

The gun made a ripping sound like the opening of a zipper on the fly of God Almighty.

— Kurt Vonnegut

If music was made by some kind of critical theorist, it would sound like my music.

— Josh Tillman

If you listen carefully to Rick Santorum, he sounds more like Stalin than Pope Innocent III,

— Martin Bashir

If you've got a good song, it's easy to play. But you can't make a bad song sound good no matter who…

— Donald Dunn

Mitt Romney's email was hacked! So if you start getting messages that sound like they're from a bot, he's fixed the problem.

— Stephen Colbert

A sound like a sound of thunder rolled, And the heart of a nation stirred

— William Ross Wallace

The sound of a mother's voice expresses a feeling of intimacy, which has a truly magical effect on the listener.

— Montserrat Caballe

It was the first time I'd ever said the words to another person, and the sound of them broke open my heart.

— Sue Monk Kidd

Greece, sound, thy Homer's, Rome thy Virgil's name, But England's Milton equals both in fame.

— William Cowper

The bagpipes sound exactly the same when you have finished as when you started

— Thomas Beecham

We don't sound like a Mississippi Delta band, but we play what we mean, and that's the spirit of the blues.

— John Popper