top of page
Quote_1.png
Joan Armatrading

"All your travelling is together, you eat together, you're on stage as a band together, when you get to the sound-check the band and the crew are all together."

Standard 
 Customized
"All your travelling is together, you eat together, you're on stage as a band together, when you get to the sound-check the band and the crew are all together."

Exlpore more Sound quotes

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"The empty vessel makes the loudest sound."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"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."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

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

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"The sound of the orchestra is one of the most magnificent musical sounds that has ever existed."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"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."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"We've got a generation now who were born with semiequality. They don't know how it was before, so they think, this isn't too bad. We're working. We have our attache' cases and our three piece suits. I get very disgusted with the younger generation of women. We had a torch to pass, and they are just sitting there. They don't realize it can be taken away. Things are going to have to get worse before they join in fighting the battle."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"Drums all have their own particulars - each drum has a place where they sound the best - where they ring out and resonate the best, and the head surface isn't too loose or too tight, mainly so you get a good rebound off of the head."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"When we started the band, it was because we were waiting for a sound that never happened. We got tired of waiting, and we decided to just do it ourselves."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"When the picture was finished, they took me into the sound room and then I screamed more for about five minutes just steady screaming, and then they'd cut that in and add it."

Quote_1.png
Amber Hurdle

"It's refreshing to hear something that's pop but doesn't sound like Britney Spears."

Explore more quotes by Joan Armatrading

Quote_1.png
Joan Armatrading
"When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didn't have time."
Quote_1.png
Joan Armatrading
"In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and it's just the same."
Quote_1.png
Joan Armatrading
"Yesterday I was playing Beethoven's fifth, because I love that."
Quote_1.png
Joan Armatrading
"It's a very organic process, and it has a specific order to it. I love to write, and once you've written, then you arrange. After the arrangement, you record it, and then you tour it."
Quote_1.png
Joan Armatrading
"Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like."
Quote_1.png
Joan Armatrading
"I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the process."
Quote_1.png
Joan Armatrading
"Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song."
Quote_1.png
Joan Armatrading
"I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people come unstuck when they try to change what they do and what they are known for."
Quote_1.png
Joan Armatrading
"So, the combination of looking at lots of different people and how they react to each other and how they relate to each other and waiting for that inspiration is the thing that allows me to keep writing."
Quote_1.png
Joan Armatrading
"Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture it."
bottom of page