Active Quote by Oliver Sacks

Given her deafness, the auditory part of the brain, deprived of its usual input, had started to generate a spontaneous activity of its own,…

— Oliver Sacks

There is a gap between the heart and brain - that is where the soundbox lies. Some sing from their heart; others use their…

— Asha Bhosle

Music exists when rhythmic, melodic or harmonic order is deliberately created, and consciously listened to, and it is only language-using, self-conscious creatures ... who…

— Roger Scruton

There's a lot of steps between there not being music and there being music. Composition is one part of that, but if no one…

— Chris Thile

Really good music isn't just to be heard, you know? It's almost like a hallucination

— Iggy Pop

We are no longer the same after hearing certain sounds, and this is more the case when we hear organized sounds, sounds organized by…

— Karlheinz Stockhausen

Sound doesn't always have to be heard. Sound can also be created by how a pattern is set up on a surface- how it…

— Nick Cave

Many people hear voices when no one is there. Some of them are called mad and are shut up in rooms where they stare…

— Margaret Chittenden

Sometimes I listen to music and I wonder how did they get certain sounds.

— Sampha

I think everyone probably starts out sounding like someone else, but gradually you develop your own sound.

— Bob Newhart

When you've done something, certainly if you create a piece of music, you then hear it with fresh ears when you play it for…

— Roger Waters

If you sit down with a person, or a watermelon for that matter, when you're stoned and sing into it, the quality of the…

— Terence McKenna