Sound Quotes · Page 127

I long ago observed that the real beauty of the sound comes from the generosity of the heart.

— Marcel Moyse

I will confess I am a great wingman. Since I have a girlfriend, I'll start the night with her, but then I'll…

— Louis Tomlinson

I blew amps like they were made of tissue paper. Once I blew out the sound system at Royal Albert Hall in…

— Dick Dale

With all the touring and distractions going on, I would get a sound together but I wouldn't have time to work on…

— Justin Vernon

It's hard to imagine in this day and age the accent in Dalton Trumbo speaking voice, the Mid Atlantic mixture of an…

— Jay Roach

When you hear a large symphony orchestra. for instance, in a concert hall, there's a big, sweeping sound that just doesn't get…

— Teddy Wilson

But at my back from time to time I hear The sound of horns and motors, which shall bring Sweeney to Mrs.…

— T. S. Eliot

You have to sound sad first of all, then maybe later you can sound good.

— Steve Lacy

Paint pictures with sound. First, find your white-the deepest, roundest sound you can play on the guitar. Then, find your black-which is…

— Les Paul

There's some things that people don't admit because they don't like the way it sounds.

— Cindy Chupack

I love the idea of a record containing an entire universe; where the sounds span decades of recording from all over the…

— Jeff Mangum

I know that doesn't sound very radical and webby of me to say that but I think the New York Times is…

— David Talbot

If, on thinking this, I look up to see if reality can quench my thirst, I see inexpressive facades, inexpressive faces, inexpressive…

— Fernando Pessoa

I think I have a pretty good ear. I mean, even just starting with, like, Austin Powers, where I did young Robert…

— Rob Lowe

I closed my eyes and listened to the occasional chirps of tiny birds hidden in the trees around us, the bubbling of…

— Jessi Kirby

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

— Elizabeth Olsen

As long as we are not chased from our words we have nothing to fear. As long as our utterances keep their…

— Edmond Jabes

Oh, be assured, fellow teachers, that there is no time in life so favorable to sound conversion as early childhood.

— Theodore L. Cuyler

Conservation is ethically sound. It is rooted in our love of the land, our respect for the rights of others, our devotion…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

I started to like my voice - the sound of it. So then I started to listen to it as something separate.…

— Alice Smith

The group Bananarama has such a light, cutesy-pie sound that they make The Go-Go's sound like Led Zeppelin by comparison.

— Casey Kasem

Words are such uncertain things, they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do.

— Agatha Christie

Gabriel: Bethany lacks understanding about the ways of the world. She still has much to learn and that makes her vulnerable." Beth:…

— Alexandra Adornetto

Inflationism, however, is not an isolated phenomenon. It is only one piece in the total framework of politico-economic and socio-philosophical ideas of…

— Ludwig von Mises

The way you look, the way you sound, is always something that you have to circumnavigate.

— Lesley Sharp

Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us…

— Ann Patchett

I'm not a big fan of the gym, I do lots of outdoor aerobics - yoga, swimming, running - but I kinda…

— Ryan Kwanten

There’s an old writing rule that says ‘Don’t have two character names start with the same letter’, but I knew at the…

— George R. R. Martin

My name is Kirby Rose, and I'm adopted. I don't mean to make it sound like an AA confession, although sometimes that's…

— Emily Giffin

I'm the kind of person who likes to create the environment and mindset - not because I do it deliberately, but because…

— Steve McQueen

That sounds stupid, but in most films that take six months, you're actually spending four weeks to do a fight scene.

— Tom Sturridge

Everyone will recognize that each sound carries with it a tangle of sensations, already well-known and exhausted, which predispose the listener to…

— Luigi Russolo

I still like to see that a man opens the door. I like those touches of chivalry that are fast disappearing. If…

— Betty White

When I say I had a cosmic confidence that we were capable of writing good music, I'm speaking about that time when…

— Paul Banks

My favorite records are, like, The Pretty Things' 'Parachute' and 'S.F. Sorrow' and The Mothers of Invention's 'We're Only in It for…

— Ty Segall

The people who are competing business-wise out there want what other successful labels and artists have. I don't want what they have;…

— Joe Nichols

I'm really inspired by the interplay of visual art and music, a total artistic environment where there's sound and visuals. When I…

— Black Francis

Life is meant for living.. I know that sounds simplistic, but how many days do you let slip by without really doing…

— Ivana Trump

Whatever she does to my songs, she always makes them sound better.

— Ella Fitzgerald

We grown-up people think that we appreciate music, but if we realized the sense that an infant has brought with it of…

— Hazrat Inayat Khan