Sound Quotes · Page 87

Moving pictures need sound as much as Beethoven symphonies need lyrics,

— Charlie Chaplin

A bass should sound like a bass with the thump of the finger against the wood, like it began with stand up.

— Suzi Quatro

'The Sound of Music' is set in 1938 in Austria at the time of the Anschluss.

— Alexander Hanson

When God closes a door, he opens a window. Sounds to me like he's on the toilet.

— Dana Gould

Not to sound arrogant but I've worked with everyone I've always wanted to work with.

— Neeti Mohan

Everyone has his own sound. I'm not going to presume how to tell anybody how to write.

— Elmore Leonard

“And in any case...there are no more supernatural noises nowadays...”

— Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam

The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of…

— Edith Wharton

We were never happy with the way cello was recorded, and we wanted to experiment in the studio to make the cello…

— Luka Sulic

When I try to speak perfectly then I am not Jackie Chan anymore. Some words sound like I am trying too hard.…

— Jackie Chan

Pikachu. 'Pika' is the sound Japanese say an electric spark makes. And 'chu' is the sound a mouse makes. So Pikachu is…

— Satoshi Tajiri

I just want to sound different than everyone else. I don't care if it sounds bad. I just want people to be…

— Benny Blanco

We do not realize the sound the world makes -- unless, of course, it comes to a stop. Then, when it starts,…

— Mitch Albom

Obviously I try to make the best music that I can, but after about two years of making an album, you start…

— Kate Bush

You throw a stone into a deep pond. Splash. The sound is big, and it reverberates throughout the surrounding area. What comes…

— Haruki Murakami

It doesn't really matter what someone's hair looks like or if the sound is perfect. Every director who's made a couple of…

— Zal Batmanglij

I'm not too picky about guitars. I love to collect them, mostly oddballs, but I'm not married to any brand or model.…

— Dan Auerbach

I was pillaging a lot of music that had nothing to do with guitar playing, using a lot of strange tunings and…

— Daniel Rossen

Evanlyn opened her mouth to scream. But the horror of the moment froze the sound in her throat and she crouched, openmouthed,…

— John Flanagan

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sends forth to you an earnest appeal. Open your doors to the missionaries. Open…

— Thomas S. Monson

I don't want to sound like a Hallmark card, but to be able to wake up each day with food and shelter,…

— Faith Hill

I know this sounds weird, but getting hurt was one of the best things that ever happened to me. It really gave…

— Megan Rapinoe

Any money the government spends must be taxed, borrowed or conjured out of thin air by the Federal Reserve, and that will…

— John Stossel

There's still a lot I need to do as a player, as a musician, as a sound creator. I have commissioned 170…

— Evelyn Glennie

My sound is very smooth. Not to be to cliche, but really sensual and sultry.

— Paul Taylor

Sneezes ... always sound much louder to the sneezer than to the hearers. It is an acoustical peculiarity.

— Sylvia Townsend Warner

I didn't respond to people thrusting microphones at me and asking me questions that were unanswerable in a sound bite.

— Bill Ayers

The sound of the drum drives out thought; for that very reason it is the most military of instruments.

— Joseph Joubert

The first thing Jesus tells the church of Ephesus that He loves about them is they have sound doctrine.

— Matthew Carter

The best thing about the Web is the sound of all the individual voices rising.

— Jami Attenberg

As weird as it might seem to some people, there is nothing I love more than an empty house and the sound…

— Sally Brampton

Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction. We live in a space ship, dear.

— Joss Whedon

I want to sound like Christopher Cross in another ten years, and be totally proud of it.

— Gene Ween

Count Olaf sounds like an awful person. I hope he is torn apart by wild animals someday. Wouldn't that be satisfying?

— Anonymous

Every time I would think about my purpose, the answers seemed to come in sounds. In melodies. In feelings.

— David Archuleta

You can't compete with Sweets' sound and time feel. It's impossible.

— Miles Davis

And when you appear all the rivers sound in my body, bells shake the sky, and a hymn fills the world.

— Pablo Neruda

Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.

— Anonymous

“Let the giggles fill your mouth because nothing tastes as sweet as laughter.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.

— William Cowper