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I do not like the raw sound of the human voice in unison unless it is under the discipline of music.


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This page presents the quote "I do not like the raw sound of the human voice in unison unless it is under the discipline of music.". Author of this quote is Flannery O'Connor, The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor. This quote is about human-voice, choirs, choruses, shouting, music, crowds,.