Brain Quote by Patricia Barber

When dissonance is present, in addition to trying to reduce it, the person will actively avoid situations and information which would likely increase the…

— Leon Festinger

No sound is dissonant which tells of life.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Dissonance is as fatal in ailments of the mind as it is in those of the body.

— Georges Rodenbach

Consonance, says the dictionary, is the combination of several tones into a harmonic unit. Dissonance results from the deranging of this harmony by the…

— Igor Stravinsky

Of course I have used dissonance in my time, but there has been too much dissonance. Bach used dissonance as good salt for his…

— Sergei Prokofiev

Dissonance / (if you are interested) / leads to discovery.

— William Carlos Williams

Dissonance is the truth about harmony.

— Anonymous

Music needs the juxtaposition of opposites to achieve its drama, so harshness and dissonance are simply part of the material a musician can use…

— Chuck Israels

My personal relationship with music is an imperfect harmony because I never studied music, but here I am not just writing for bands but…

— Serj Tankian

I played to 20,000 people every day because people were walking on 5th Ave going to and from their jobs, and my sounds were…

— Charlemagne Palestine

Listen to your own voice, your own soul. Too many people listen to the noise of the world, instead of themselves.

— Leon Brown

I hate listening to things quietly. If I'm going to listen to something and fully enjoy it, I want the volume all the way…

— Lights