Sound Quotes

It may sound weird, but I don't really look for culture, particularly in an American city.

As an audience member, I like the sound of something that's been written - I like it to sound written. And then, of course, you can't do it without the musicians who can play it.

What's interesting, is that I've found that the more accomplished a director is, the more secure they are in giving direction that sounds incredibly unsophisticated.

I just think, certainly for live music it should look as good as it sounds.

Good editorial writing has less to do with winning an argument, since the other side is mostly not listening, than with telling the guys on your side how they ought to sound when they’re arguing.

I think that every band tries to mature their sound through their existence, you know?

But a child's joy is doubled for the mother, and the sound of her son's laughter began to her heart, a feat she had never believed possible

The truth often does sound unconvincing.

You have too take from each artist what works for you, and then create your own sound. You put different combinations in the mix and it becomes something unique in the end.

I love the way they run in fright when I turn on the kitchen light. And when I squish them on the ground, they make a pleasant crunchy sound.

I try to find a way that the other guy hasn't thought of using a sound or a sample.

As strange as it may sound, I think I'm a lot more at peace with the fact that you can't guarantee you're going to be all right [at] any time.

It's amazing how much actual chicken sounds lend themselves to stupidity.

Do things sound better in your head before you say them, or do you even run them through there first?

It is easy to say something new, if all senses one will eschew. But hardly ever is found, that the new is also sound.

I'm trying to make myself sound better.

Hearing the faraway sounds of children at recess makes me understand that I am no longer life's main character.

I carry a lot of scars. I like the way that sounds. I carry a LOT of scars.

I think if you watch most of my films with the sound off, you could still tell what's going on.

And like a soprano shattering glass, Juliet heard something snap deep inside. It was the sound of her heart breaking.

Music stays in the air. / It travels at the speed of breath / at the sound of light. / It is never not heard. / It can wait centuries if it has to.

If you can do something that doesn't rely on a major melody but still sounds immediate rather than being obtuse and devoid of anything to catch onto, that's great.

I was listening to a lot more folk music. I love the sound of acoustic guitars but I didn't want to be that person standing up there strumming away.

And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still!

Only in more production and in new production can the American standard of living be increased and the economy be sound.

It's weird, not to sound too actor but I think that any time you do a performance, you kind of take a little piece of that character, cause it's a part of you you're using.

We wanted it more live and raw. We didn't want a studio sound.

It's hard, because when you talk about process or your characters ruling your narrative, it sounds like you have no control, but obviously you're ultimately the author, so you do have control.

I started to like my voice - the sound of it. So then I started to listen to it as something separate. To me, it sounded good that way as well.

Pianos tend to get better as they age, the more you play them. They grow into their sound.

Our loss put six feet under ground Is measured by the magnolia's root; Our gain's the intellectual sound Of death's feet round a weedy tomb.

That's good; don't deny it. Denying the undeniable just makes you sound like a fool as well as a liar. In this profession, you can be one- sometimes the other. But never both.

You hear in the person you're destined to love the sound of those yet to be born.

What's your angle?" I asked, trying to sound more playful than demanding. "Isosceles," Jack quipped.

How you sound. How you look. Are you fat? Those are things that could be really irritating.

Spare me the mantra that the “fundamentals” are sound. Credit is the ultimate fundamental.

The battlefield is first and foremost horrible stenches, not sights, not sounds, but stenches. They don't travel well into literature.

He sounds like someone who might best be loved from a distance.

Women have to do all of the catching up. So we are disengaged and overburdened. Sounds like it is time we ditch the complacent fluoride-in-the-tap-water feminism and get reenergized and reinspired.

I'd love to do a costume drama movie. For no other reason, except that it sounds fun to me.

I'm a big music person. I compare a lot of my emotions to how something sounds.

No doubt the truth is hard to come by for those who do not like the sound of it - dreams and illusions are so much more pleasant.

I know I learn a lot from the students in my class and I'm not just saying that to sound like some generous teacher.

The elusive truth is that there is nothing stress-producing in the physical world. Things simply are. Molecules move. Light and sound appear.

The problem is, when you're working with orchestras, you only get the orchestra for about two hours before the performance to pull it all together, and that doesn't sound like a real collaboration.

The first notes I still play when I start a sound check are classical. Those are my roots.

With digital sound just becomes simply information, not the sum of its parts.

With the words, a lot of things start with questions. Some word kind of piques my interest, and I love the way it sounds, but I really don't know what it means. And I honestly don't care for a while.

I think of a band like Animal Collective where they really follow their own sound and I think that's a really important thing to do. You can find an audience if you can find your voice.

I'm trying my best to sound like me rather than trying my best to write hits or praying to God that people respond. I've arrived in a very healthy place and it feels great!