Quotes About Sound

I listen to a lot of indie or rock music.

Sound is your friend because sound is much cheaper than picture, but it has equal effect on the audience - in some ways, perhaps more effect because it does it in a very indirect way.

I hope many people can indulge themselves in the power of audio cinema.

Yeah, moving to Los Angeles definitely influenced my sound.

It's amazing to me to see how bands evolve and how they take all their influences and come up with their own sound.

In general, I found that the more that debates can be about facts and data, the more likely government is to make sound decisions that benefit innovators and the American people.

In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in drugs, insanity and the rock'n'roll lifestyle.

I am less instinctive as I try to be more professional - about the music, about the sound.

I use my voice as an instrument.

Performing outside is always kind of strange. Usually, you can't hear something, whether it's your voice or instrument, but it's a fun challenge.

As soon as I choose the timbre of an instrument, that dominates how I compose.

My voice is an instrument.

Voice is the first instrument.

I absolutely think the Seattle grunge sound was instrumental to my music education.

I love percussive instrumentation.

The sarangi, the ney flute are pretty ancient instruments.

I love music with real instruments. I'm not one of those guys that's a purist about analog vs. digital, but I love the analog approach. Sonically, I connect to that.

If you need to record live instruments, especially drums, it's still best to do it in a studio.

An auditory scenario for the players to act out with their instruments.

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 don't love using synthesizers, but I do use synthesizers. I'm more inspired by acoustic instruments - as long as there's something making the sound it's something I really like.

A lot of what I listened to growing up was blues, but also folk and indie music. So there's this marriage of songs that structurally are quite bluesy. Sound-wise, there's a lot of indie as well. But you can't really say I'm pop-blues, because that's insulting to blues. It just can't exist.

The sound itself, the production, is of such great importance that it has become an integrated part of the composition.

In this era, soul is not a sound or a color: it's an intention.