Sound Quotes
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Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks.
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It used to be embarrassing. In the beginning, because you listen to yourself so much, you think, I must look like an asshole right now - or sound like an asshole. And then, you just get to that point where you've done so many ridiculous, ridiculous things in the booth from screaming, to having orgasms, to whatever your director is asking you to do for this character, you just lose your inhibitions.
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Deep inside I feel that this world we live in is really a big, huge, monumental symphonic orchestra. I believe that in its primordial form all of creation is sound and that it's not just random sound, that it's music. You've heard the expression, music of the spheres? Well, that's a very literal phrase. In the Gospels, we read, "And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul." That 'breath of life' to me is the music of life and it permeates every fiber of creation.
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The few emerging economies that have avoided booms and busts have done so by adhering to sound policy frameworks.
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I like The Smiths as well. They took a cue from The Buzzcocks. They have jangly guitars instead of distorted guitars. All the Manchester bands have a character about them. The Stone Roses and The Smiths and all that. Even if you don't like them, they have a certain original sound.
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A person does not hear sound only through the ears; he hears sound through every pore of his body. It permeates the entire being.
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All great music does that. It doesn't sound like it came from a particular time. It's not dated. It's classic in the sense of its style.
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Sometimes a sound gets overused. There is such a thing as a good saxophone, but it's like those fields in agriculture - they need to rest for a year or so. You need time to burn all the saxophones and start from scratch.
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I enjoy the videos with the sound off, where you can look at the belly buttons and everything. Really some pretty girls, but I don't know about the music.
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The idea behind stamped money is sound.
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That just sounds so funny, A-list. Really, I'm a mom, and that's how I'm going to be all my life.
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I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street, But not to call me back or say good-bye.
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Drum sound rises on the air, its throb, my heart. A voice inside the beat says, "I know you're tired, but come. This is the way.
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It’s more analog. Well, analog in the sense that it’s more organic. There’s not all these automatic faders and shit like that. You can’t control the sound like you’re able to do in Fredman.
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The sound when we crash is so loud it's almost impossible.
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Just because the gender of the vocalist is the same, that doesn't actually tell you anything about the sound of the band.
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Arch Enemy is a female-fronted metal band, but so is Delain. They don't sound alike at all. The only thing they both are are metal bands, but the style within metal is so massively different that it doesn't really say much whether there's a girl singing or not. So it's really not so important.
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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.
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I don't like to discuss my marriage, but I will tell you something which may sound corny but which happens to be true. I have steak at home. Why should I go out for hamburger?
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Living is about clucking your tongue and enjoying the sound. ~Slater
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A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought to have a personality.
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It's refreshing to hear something that's pop but doesn't sound like Britney Spears.
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Sometimes I intentionally cut it off. I just want to be in silence, especially when I'm traveling. I watch movies without sound.
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Man has used human rhythmic movement as raw material out of which to create works of art, as the composer of music uses sound, the sculptor uses stone and wood, the painter his pigments, and the writer - words.
