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Sound Quotes

"When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes."

"When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes."

John A. Shedd, American Author

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"The empty vessel makes the loudest sound."

"The empty vessel makes the loudest sound."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

3

"I don't think we'll ever use the same sound techniques."

"I don't think we'll ever use the same sound techniques."

Ann Wilson, American Musician

3

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

"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, English Composer

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

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

Will Rogers, American Actor

3

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

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

Christian Bale, Welsh Actor

3

"The sibilant s is the most difficult sound to correct."

"The sibilant s is the most difficult sound to correct."

Christine Baranski, American Actress

3

"I've seen a study in the last year that digital sound actually induces stress in the listener."

"I've seen a study in the last year that digital sound actually induces stress in the listener."

T-Bone Burnett, American Musician

Sound, Stress, Study

3

"I don't like the sound of all the lists he's making."

"I don't like the sound of all the lists he's making."

Ben Stein, American Actor

3

"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."

"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, American Musician

3

"Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes."

"Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes."

Ludwig van Beethoven, German Composer

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"It's rare that scenes last more than 2 or 3 minutes, so sound helps segue from one scene to another."

"It's rare that scenes last more than 2 or 3 minutes, so sound helps segue from one scene to another."

Stephen Hopkins, American Politician

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

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

Chick Corea, American Musician

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"Creed's sound is my sound."

"Creed's sound is my sound."

Scott Stapp, American Musician

2

"If you're a good singer, you're going to make anything sound good."

"If you're a good singer, you're going to make anything sound good."

Casey Abrams, American Musician

2

"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."

"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, American Actress

2

"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."

"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, Welsh Musician

2

"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."

"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, American Musician

2

"I can't record in the morning because I sound like Barry White."

"I can't record in the morning because I sound like Barry White."

Toni Braxton, American Musician

2

"My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut."

"My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut."

Dick Dale, American Musician

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"I also used these realistic sounds in a psychological way. With The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, I used animal sounds - as you say, the coyote sound - so the sound of the animal became the main theme of the movie."

"I also used these realistic sounds in a psychological way. With The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, I used animal sounds - as you say, the coyote sound - so the sound of the animal became the main theme of the movie."

Ennio Morricone, Italian Composer

2

"I am not a sound bite person. I prefer to run at the mouth."

"I am not a sound bite person. I prefer to run at the mouth."

Marina Sirtis, British Actress

2

"My style is a very universal sound, which is very close to where I grew up."

"My style is a very universal sound, which is very close to where I grew up."

Jon Secada, Cuban Musician

2

"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."

"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, American Musician

2

"I think I sound like Barry White."

"I think I sound like Barry White."

Gloria Gaynor, American Musician

2

"You'll find that empty vessels make the most sound."

"You'll find that empty vessels make the most sound."

Johnny Rotten, English Musician

2

"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."

"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, American Musician

2

"I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is."

"I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is."

Loretta Lynn, American Musician

Sound, states, United

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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."

"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, American Musician

2

"There's no point that an album should sound like a watered down version of another album."

"There's no point that an album should sound like a watered down version of another album."

Stephen Malkmus, American Musician

2

"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."

"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, American Musician

2

"I don't think you can contrive any sound."

"I don't think you can contrive any sound."

George Shearing, British Musician

2

"I came here when I was almost 22. I'm perfectly bilingual, but I'm never going to sound like Sandra Bullock."

"I came here when I was almost 22. I'm perfectly bilingual, but I'm never going to sound like Sandra Bullock."

Roselyn Sanchez, Puerto Rican Model

2

"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."

"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, American Musician

2

"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."

"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, American Musician

2

"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."

"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, American Musician

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"I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer."

"I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer."

Leonard Bernstein, American Composer

2

"What producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much."

"What producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much."

Stephen Malkmus, American Musician

2

"As soon as I hear a sound, it always suggests a mood to me."

"As soon as I hear a sound, it always suggests a mood to me."

Brian Eno, British Musician

2

"I just want to do everything. I don't want to sound soppy or too cliched, but that's the way it is."

"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, Australian Musician

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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."

"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, German Composer

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"I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound."

"I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound."

Pat Metheny, American Musician

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"It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing."

"It starts with a single sound. If there's something in that sound, then it's worth continuing."

Steve Lacy, American Musician

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"I use my hands like a sculptor, to mold and shape the sound I want, to clarify."

"I use my hands like a sculptor, to mold and shape the sound I want, to clarify."

Leonard Slatkin, American Celebrity

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"When I think of Marilyn Monroe, and achieving her sound, I think of having a rather large bust. I think of her physically and I am just able to create her sound, because her physicality was so much to do with her sound."

"When I think of Marilyn Monroe, and achieving her sound, I think of having a rather large bust. I think of her physically and I am just able to create her sound, because her physicality was so much to do with her sound."

Jane Horrocks, English Actress

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

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

Roger Daltrey, English Musician

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"Whether I sound like Sammy or not is purely coincidence. You have got to hand it to him, he sings his ass off. There is no moss on that stone."

"Whether I sound like Sammy or not is purely coincidence. You have got to hand it to him, he sings his ass off. There is no moss on that stone."

Gary Cherone, American Musician

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"I mean this record does not sound like somebody's maiden voyage."

"I mean this record does not sound like somebody's maiden voyage."

George Duke, American Musician

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

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

Pat Metheny, American Musician

"Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage for 18 years at Warners. We never went outside the studio, not even for big scenes."

"Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage for 18 years at Warners. We never went outside the studio, not even for big scenes."

Bette Davis, American Actress

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