Shana Alexander Quotes

Rumor and gossip, like sound itself, appear to travel by wave-effect, sheer preposterosity being no barrier.

Shana Alexander

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• Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an enormous wave of solidarity.

  

  Ulrich Beck
  • September
  • Images
  • Wave

• I hate the way chorus boxes sound.

  

  Pat Metheny
  • Way
  • Hate
  • Sound

• I read Carver. Julio Cortazar. Amis's essays. Baldwin. Lorrie Moore. Capote. Saramago. Larkin. Wodehouse. Anything, anything at all, that doesn't sound like me.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • Me
  • Like
  • Sound

• My sound is, at its core, a mix of things. Definitely an imperfect mix, but one that incorporates elements of the music I love - a bit of indie rock, super rhythmic rapping, and lots of synths.

  

  K. Flay
  • Music
  • Sound
  • Elements

• There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs.

  

  Wayne Coyne
  • Things
  • Sound
  • Melody

• The sound of the '90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street - it's a feeling.

  

  Nas
  • Soul
  • Feeling
  • Me

• We're doing unusual records that sound big, have a pop feel, and we're getting better at it.

  

  Leighton Paul Walsh
  • Better
  • Doing
  • Sound

• I try to find 15 minutes a day to just be alone without any distractions just for headspace to meditate and get my Zen on. I think that helps me get through the hecticness of the day on tour with the interviews, the sound check, the meet and greets, the show and the post-show meet and greets.

  

  G-Eazy
  • Think
  • Sound
  • Interviews

• I don't really like the sound of Auto-Tune. I don't like when it's extremely audible, when you're able to detect it easily. I don't like that.

  

  T.I.
  • You
  • Like
  • Sound

• I was never much of a singer. I was terrible. It's embarrassing: I was trying to sound like everybody else. I went through a big Cure phase, so I was trying to do that kind of dramatic voice.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • Trying
  • Voice
  • Sound

• The sound system influence is undeniable in hip-hop, in jungle, drum and bass, now EDM.

  

  Leighton Paul Walsh
  • Sound
  • Influence
  • Hip Hop

• That's one thing brands are understanding is, I'm the blogger who's not writing about fashion. I'm not writing about beauty. I'm not writing about gossip. I'm not writing about politics. I'm writing about all of that. I'm the person they can come to if they just want to reach people who care and have their fingers on pop culture.

  

  Luvvie Ajayi
  • People
  • Writing
  • Culture

• People gossip. People are insecure, so they talk about other people so that they won't be talked about. They point out flaws in other people to make them feel good about themselves. I think at any age or any social class, that's present.

  

  Blake Lively
  • People
  • Good
  • Age

• I don't gossip about myself.

  

  Kirsten Dunst
  • Gossip

• 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
  • Sound
  • Cliched
  • Soppy

• It is easy to face Death and Fate, and the things that sound so dreadful. It is on my muddles that I look back with horror--on thethings that I might have avoided.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Death
  • Looks
  • Fate

• In my work, there's a tremendous amount of rejection and waves of fertile and fallow times.

  

  Marlo Thomas
  • Work
  • Rejection
  • Waves

• Gossip harms relationships and that's why it's bad. While we all do it at times, there's a point where it crosses the line and becomes bullying if it damages friendships and causes people to dislike someone.

  

  Rachel Simmons
  • People
  • Why
  • Bad

• A lot of the people that I play with are electronic-based, so there isn't a direct physical analogue between what they're doing and the sound you're hearing.

  

  Z'EV
  • People
  • Play
  • Sound

• There was a moment when Prince did rock & roll with a sponge-y seductive sound. I think that's what was in our head for 'Get On Your Boots.' But actually, the song is much more punk rock.

  

  Bono U2
  • Sound
  • I Think
  • Prince

• I wasn't scandalous - I didn't want to be.

  

  Brigitte Bardot

• There is a clear interest within ISIS to drag Israel into a war with them. If they do so, they will be able to paint Israel as having an alliance with the states fighting against them.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • War
  • Fighting
  • Israel

• If the scripts are not good, I'll tell somebody, 'This isn't good.'

  

  Dick Wolf
  • Good

• Rumor and gossip, like sound itself, appear to travel by wave-effect, sheer preposterosity being no barrier.

  

  Shana Alexander
  • Sound
  • Gossip
  • Wave