Sound Quotes · Page 50

I didn't do this for other people; I did this for me. I fought for this right for me - does that…

— Jack Kevorkian

The best records are not perfect. They don't sound digital or like someone applied rules.

— Victoria Monet

It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side

— Molly Ivins

Now the identification of individual sounds by phonetic observation is an artificial way of proceeding.

— Roman Jakobson

It sounds ideal, a sort of beach childhood. But it wasn't really. I didn't use the beach very much at all.

— Miranda Richardson

It's always nice to hear people say, 'You sound the same,' when I know I don't.

— Johnny Mathis

You know Alou's name spelled backwards is Uola? That sounds like a first name, Uola.

— Harry Caray

If it wasn't for 2 Live Crew videos wouldn't look like they do and rappers wouldn't sound like they do.

— Luther Campbell

If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body;…

— Francis Quarles

Every now and then, when you're on stage, you hear the best sound a player can hear. It's a sound you can't…

— Shelley Winters

A lot of modern amps and preamps sound great when you're jamming by yourself, but don't hold up in a band situation.…

— James Hetfield

The public is so in awe of its own opinion that it never dares to form any, but catches up the first…

— William Hazlitt

I have a really feminine voice, but I also feel quite powerful when I write. So my songs feel heavy, and that's…

— Banks

I don't want to sound like too much of a drama queen! But I'm not going to tell you, 'Oh, it's just…

— Parker Posey

I'm just a sucker for new-agey synth sounds and instrumentation. I wasn't really thinking of soft rock, but I know that kind…

— Dan Bejar

Clouds of a different sort signal an environmental holocaust without precedent. Once again, world leaders waffle, hoping the danger will dissipate. Yet…

— Al Gore

I don't have any frustrations. It sounds a little silly, but life is too short for me. I don't worry about all…

— Paul Polman

Network news accustoms audiences to assertion not argument. Over time, it reinforces the notion that politics is about visceral identification and apposition,…

— Kathleen Hall Jamieson

I think the film [Aquarius] comes from that original feeling I had 18 years ago, when I was in a São Paulo…

— Sonia Braga

Also she had the power of silent sympathy. That sounds rather dull, I know, but it's not so dull as it sounds.…

— E. Nesbit

It's like I'll sit down and put my hands on the piano or the guitar, and then I'll hear a sound or…

— Beth Nielsen Chapman

“We shared a piece of Poncho's apple pie, and I told Poncho about PureTone. Like all serious musicians, he is depressed by…

— Neil Young

In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still; While words of learned length and…

— Oliver Goldsmith

Of what use is the universe? What is the practical application of a million galaxies? Yet just because it has no use,…

— Alan Watts

I study what's happening in music. I want to sound different than everybody else.

— Sam Hunt

Let's get one thing straight: there's no such thing as the Bristol sound.

— Beth Gibbons

I mean, sometimes I hate interviews because I always feel like I sound stupid.

— Aubrey Plaza

I really don’t want a compilation of sounds. I just need them to be songs.

— Taylor Swift

Making those we love happy sounds innocent as a dove, but it can be as destructive as a lion.

— Florida Scott-Maxwell

I don't think I represent all things dubstep. I just like clubbing, so those are the sounds I've chosen to work with.

— Katy B

The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.

— Matsuo Basho

What I really miss these days in music - is the music. I prefer to listen to melodies and songs, not just…

— Dave Grohl

An mp3 is a compressed form of data. It's not the full spectrum. It's never going to sound as good as a…

— Annie E. Clark

The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee.

— Tara Lipinski

Some records with drum machines on them sound phony and plastic. It all depends on how you use the tools.

— Don Henley

If you are of sound mind and body, many exciting and challenging adventures are within your reach irrespective of your age.

— Gad Saad

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost, and at any risk to the rest of…

— Thorstein Veblen

I started working on trying to sound like June from the very beginning.

— Reese Witherspoon

That's a sound design thing but then we wanted to do music that would not disturb it and at the same time…

— A. R. Rahman

I still love the whole history of Jazz. The old things sound better than ever.

— Steve Lacy