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"Sound.Noisethe air employs.Melodies sweet.Tweet, tweet, tweet.Soft. Loud.A roaring crowd.Cluck. Caw. Crow.Tet, tet. Tis, tis.Guttural growl.Harrowing howl.Drip, drip, drip.Tap, tap, tap.Moan and groan.Endless drone.Ding, dang, dong.A church bell song.Vibrations in my earto hear.Sound."

"Sounds travel through space long after their wave patterns have ceased to be detectable by the human ear: some cut right through the ionosphere and barrel on out into the cosmic heartland, while others bounce around, eventually being absorbed into the vibratory fields of earthly barriers, but in neither case does the energy succumb; it goes on forever - which is why we, each of us, should take pains to make sweet notes."

"Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far."

"I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do."

"This is my second bass that Paul built me. There were some changes that were made. Sometimes I think of changes that could be made having to do with both the sound and the feel. It's definitely a beautiful instrument."

"I only sound intelligent when there's a good script writer around."

"I don't know many singers who actually do like the sound of their own voice."

"It's really the sound of the voices, the sound of the words, the sound of the sound that we're interested in."

"I came here when I was almost 22. I'm perfectly bilingual, but I'm never going to sound like Sandra Bullock."
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"My dark sound could be heard across a room clearer than somebody with a reedy sound. It had more projection. My sound always seemed to fill a room."

"I came from an era when we didn't use electronic instruments. The bass wasn't even amplified. The sound was the sound you got."

"Life is too full of distractions nowadays. When I was a kid we had a little Emerson radio and that was it. We were more dedicated. We didn't have a choice."

"As far as playing jazz, no other art form, other than conversation, can give the satisfaction of spontaneous interaction."

"You can read all the textbooks and listen to all the records, but you have to play with musicians that are better than you."

"If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice."
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