Sound Quotes - Page 114

This sounds geeky, but when I run, I like to listen to musicals like Les Miserables. The soundtracks are 75 minutes or longer, and I keep going until the story ends, so it feels like a good workout.

the relentless touring and endless repetition of the same songs over and over again promoted a creeping awareness that my music had begun to sound like my washing machine.

People always sound so proud when they announce they know nothing of music.

Dammit!" "What?" Gonzo sounds panicked. "We're out of gas." "You're Shithenging me." "I Shithenge you not.

I kind of always wanted my own music to just sound like, like me, I suppose, like if I was music it would be the music I make, I think.

We have the freedom to either play a tempo or not to play a tempo; to play a note or not to play a note; or to play what some people would say is a sound.

A chord is just the name of a sound.

Critics? How do they happen? I know how it happened to me. I would send a poem or story to a magazine and they would say this doesn't suit our needs precisely but on the other hand you sound interesting. Would you be interested in doing a review?

I saw The Sound of Music when I was 10 and thought that it was the most beautiful singing I had ever heard.

I think sexiness in most people - and this is going to sound superficial - is definitely something you don't plan.

The soul can never be corrupted with the corruption of the body, but it is like the wind which causes the sound of the organ, and which ceases to produce a good effect when a pipe is spoilt.

I don't like being forced to reduce my thoughts to sound bites.

Tape machines are effects boxes as well because each tape machine has its own sound. You can over-load a tape machine or you can bump it a certain way so it compresses or makes a sound, tape saturation.

At first people thought I was really arrogant and a snob about music because I'm so intense about my production and sound, and because they knew I didn't like new music so much.

If caregivers are not healthy, mentally well-balanced and spiritually sound, then those for whom they care will suffer.

Sound is the first thing that we tune into.

I'm always doubting because I've been told so much that, you're not the right look or you're not the right sound, and, you know, whether I do jazz or R&B there are always complaints.

Sounds always fascinated me.

The wonderful thing about sound is that it is invitational, so ultimately each person is going to find their own relation to the material.

I stuff my mouth with old fabric and scream until there are no sounds left under my skin.

Sounds like you've got it all planned out." "Honey, I've got more plans than Wes has ugly shoes." "And that's a lot." I laugh. "It sure is," she says with a sigh.

The maddening thing for someone with a Western scientific turn of mind is that it’s not what’s in your pack that separates the quick from the dead. It’s not even what’s in your mind. Corny as it sounds, it’s what’s in your heart.

He’s speaking in the tone of voice that everyone uses when they’re about to break you apart. Gentle—kind, even—like they can make the news sound better just by speaking in a lullaby voice.

She took comfort in the soft occasional sound of turning pages.

What you call love does not sound very beautiful.