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"It couldn't sound like a dog, because K9 isn't a dog, but I made it sound as mechanical as possible."
John Leeson
"It couldn't sound like a dog, because K9 isn't a dog, but I made it sound as mechanical as possible."
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"It is at least 10 times more difficult to get a good synthesiser sound than on an acoustic instrument."
Giorgio Moroder
"It is at least 10 times more difficult to get a good synthesiser sound than on an acoustic instrument."
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"You'll find that empty vessels make the most sound."
Johnny Rotten
"You'll find that empty vessels make the most sound."
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"There's no point that an album should sound like a watered down version of another album."
Stephen Malkmus
"There's no point that an album should sound like a watered down version of another album."
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"The sound of the orchestra is one of the most magnificent musical sounds that has ever existed."
Chick Corea
"The sound of the orchestra is one of the most magnificent musical sounds that has ever existed."
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"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."
Stan Getz
"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."
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"It's really the sound of the voices, the sound of the words, the sound of the sound that we're interested in."
Anne Dudley
"It's really the sound of the voices, the sound of the words, the sound of the sound that we're interested in."
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"Most bands have a sound that they're already identified with, so for the producer it becomes a process of helping them find their muse in the studio to make a record that will not only satisfy them artistically, but will also do something in the marketplace."
Jerry Harrison
"Most bands have a sound that they're already identified with, so for the producer it becomes a process of helping them find their muse in the studio to make a record that will not only satisfy them artistically, but will also do something in the marketplace."
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"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."
Fay Wray
"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."
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"I don't think we will use the 80s glossy sound again."
Ann Wilson
"I don't think we will use the 80s glossy sound again."
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"Japan is quite weird because they wait for you to say something before they respond. You can literally hear a pin drop, they don't make a sound until you say something to the crowd."
Kelly Jones
"Japan is quite weird because they wait for you to say something before they respond. You can literally hear a pin drop, they don't make a sound until you say something to the crowd."
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"I'm better for it and I prefer to keep things simple and see what sounds I can get out of my head and hands rather than relying on a sound that someone else created."
Andy Summers
"I'm better for it and I prefer to keep things simple and see what sounds I can get out of my head and hands rather than relying on a sound that someone else created."
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"If I'm playing a violin thing, for instance, I tend to respond to that sound with the way I finger."
Andy Summers
"If I'm playing a violin thing, for instance, I tend to respond to that sound with the way I finger."
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"For instance, if you're playing a record with drums - horns would sound nice to enhance it so you get a record with horns and slip it in at certain times."
Grandmaster Flash
"For instance, if you're playing a record with drums - horns would sound nice to enhance it so you get a record with horns and slip it in at certain times."
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"I don't think we'll ever use the same sound techniques."
Ann Wilson
"I don't think we'll ever use the same sound techniques."
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"I just want to do everything. I don't want to sound soppy or too cliched, but that's the way it is."
Kylie Minogue
"I just want to do everything. I don't want to sound soppy or too cliched, but that's the way it is."
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"I knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound. I brought out all these other break beats that you hear so much on a lot of these records."
Afrika Bambaataa
"I knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound. I brought out all these other break beats that you hear so much on a lot of these records."
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"I only sound intelligent when there's a good script writer around."
Christian Bale
"I only sound intelligent when there's a good script writer around."
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"I don't like the sound of all the lists he's making."
Ben Stein
"I don't like the sound of all the lists he's making."
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"If you're not Prince, you're never going to sound like Prince."
Gwen Stefani
"If you're not Prince, you're never going to sound like Prince."
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"I don't try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it."
Norah Jones
"I don't try to sound like anyone but me anymore. If something is out of my element, I try to avoid it."
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"Instead of following one another the sounds overlap; a sound which is acoustically perceived as coming after another one can be articulated simultaneously with the latter or even in part before it."
Roman Jakobson
"Instead of following one another the sounds overlap; a sound which is acoustically perceived as coming after another one can be articulated simultaneously with the latter or even in part before it."
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"When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes."
John A. Shedd
"When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes."
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"The reporter claimed he was going to write the article from my point of view. Instead, he made me sound like a little idiot. It made me never want to do another interview again."
Tia Carrere
"The reporter claimed he was going to write the article from my point of view. Instead, he made me sound like a little idiot. It made me never want to do another interview again."
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"I think I sound like Barry White."
Gloria Gaynor
"I think I sound like Barry White."
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"I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is."
Loretta Lynn
"I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is."
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"I don't know many singers who actually do like the sound of their own voice."
Roger Daltrey
"I don't know many singers who actually do like the sound of their own voice."
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"Creed's sound is my sound."
Scott Stapp
"Creed's sound is my sound."
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"I've seen a study in the last year that digital sound actually induces stress in the listener."
T-Bone Burnett
"I've seen a study in the last year that digital sound actually induces stress in the listener."
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"Sound is often talked about in a very subjective way, as if it had a colour. This is a bright sound, this is a dark sound. I don't believe in that because I think that is much too subjective."
Daniel Barenboim
"Sound is often talked about in a very subjective way, as if it had a colour. This is a bright sound, this is a dark sound. I don't believe in that because I think that is much too subjective."
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"It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing."
Steve Lacy
"It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing."
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"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."
Mike Shinoda
"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."
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"I am not a sound bite person. I prefer to run at the mouth."
Marina Sirtis
"I am not a sound bite person. I prefer to run at the mouth."
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"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."
Mike Gordon
"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."
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"I don't think you can contrive any sound."
George Shearing
"I don't think you can contrive any sound."
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"I want to take some jams and really concentrate on hooking up with Page because, since he's the only one not next to me, and his sound is mainly coming from my monitor rather than through the air, it's a little harder for me to hook up with him."
Mike Gordon
"I want to take some jams and really concentrate on hooking up with Page because, since he's the only one not next to me, and his sound is mainly coming from my monitor rather than through the air, it's a little harder for me to hook up with him."
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"I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer."
Leonard Bernstein
"I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer."
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"The empty vessel makes the loudest sound."
William Shakespeare
"The empty vessel makes the loudest sound."
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"In particular what is most important to me is the transformation of a sound by slowing it down, sometimes extremely, so that the inner of sound becomes a conceivable rhythm."
Karlheinz Stockhausen
"In particular what is most important to me is the transformation of a sound by slowing it down, sometimes extremely, so that the inner of sound becomes a conceivable rhythm."
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"And then when I found my sound, it took me two and a half weeks to find my sound and when I did I pulled out all the stops, all the stops I could find."
Jimmy Smith
"And then when I found my sound, it took me two and a half weeks to find my sound and when I did I pulled out all the stops, all the stops I could find."
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"It's very important to go through periods where you sound just rotten and you know it, and you have to persevere or give up."
Steve Lacy
"It's very important to go through periods where you sound just rotten and you know it, and you have to persevere or give up."
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"That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to a solid state kind of sound."
Adam Jones
"That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to a solid state kind of sound."
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"I came here when I was almost 22. I'm perfectly bilingual, but I'm never going to sound like Sandra Bullock."
Roselyn Sanchez
"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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"As soon as I hear a sound, it always suggests a mood to me."
Brian Eno
"As soon as I hear a sound, it always suggests a mood to me."
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"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."
Chad Smith
"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."
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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."
Stan Getz
"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."
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"I like the way remixes sound. Some of them are really creative."
Ann Wilson
"I like the way remixes sound. Some of them are really creative."
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"It's not about how loud you turn the amp up. That's not what makes it sound big. What makes it sound big is fooling around with different delays and reverb settings."
Brian Setzer
"It's not about how loud you turn the amp up. That's not what makes it sound big. What makes it sound big is fooling around with different delays and reverb settings."
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"I wanted something very dense, something that would sustain long and more pieces of wood that would be soft, sweet, for more of a mellow sound."
Les Paul
"I wanted something very dense, something that would sustain long and more pieces of wood that would be soft, sweet, for more of a mellow sound."
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"I mean this record does not sound like somebody's maiden voyage."
George Duke
"I mean this record does not sound like somebody's maiden voyage."
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