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Quotes About Sound

Slayer has always been about the sound. We have to sound good. It has to be tight.
~ Tom Araya
Whenever I record more than two or three layers, it starts to get cluttered up, and you can't hear the cut of the guitars as good. It's hard to get four guitars to hit at exactly the same time and keep the attack tight.
~ Dimebag Darrell
Tightly embracing guitar effects and tape loops, Mission of Burma made sound an important commodity in rock 'n' roll, and its members carried that tradition into their first album after a 19-year hiatus, 2004's 'ONoffON.'
~ Anthony Fantano
Music is the exaltation of the mind derived from things eternal, bursting forth in sound.
~ Saint Thomas Aquinas
You don't know what your voice sounds like until you speak.
~ Sallie Tisdale
I collect words--they are sweets in the mouth of sound.
~ Sally Gardner
He coughs. Not a good sound. Too deep, too full of coffins. Why is mankind so fucking cruel? Why?
~ Sally Gardner
Colecciono palabras: son golosinas en la boca del sonido.
~ Sally Gardner
Those are the most monotonous fuckin' crickets I ever heard in my life.
~ Sam Shepard
Her voice is an empty bucket kicked down a stone cellar staircase.
~ Samantha Hunt
Unnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn …nnnnnnnnnnnn … Ak-k-k … nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn … Hhhhh … Unnnnn … nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn … K-k-k-k … nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn … nnnnnnnn nnnnnnnnnnnnnn … Ch-ch-ch … nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn—nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn …
~ Samuel R. Delany
People probably do hear watches go tic-tok. But I'm sure my childhood clock went tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic…Why
~ Samuel R. Delany
O the one life within us and abroad,Which meets all motion and becomes its soul,A light in sound, a sound-like power in light,Rhythm in all thought, and joyance everywhere—Methinks, it should have been impossibleNot to love all things in a world so filled.
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Apa yang kau tangkap dari suara hujan Dari daun-daun bugenvil yang teratur mengetuk jendel. Apakah yang kau tangkap dari bau tanah Dari ricik air yang turun di selokan
~ Sapardi Djoko Damono
Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.
~ Sappho
The sound of pencils taking notes provided a low scrape and hum, almost like radio interference.
~ Sara Sheridan
At one time or another, farts have coincided with every other sound, including this quote.
~ Craig Benzine
I've always been a fan of music where you can hear new things each time you listen.
~ Dave Navarro
The sound of the mandolin is a very curious sound because it's cheerful and melancholy at the same time, and I think it comes from that shadow string, the double strings.
~ Rita Dove
Sound is a very unruly thing, and you have to really respect that it's going to differ every time you play.
~ Victoria Legrand
We come from a generation of people who need their TV or stereo playing all the time. These people so scared of silence. These soundaholics, these quietophobics.
~ Chuck Palahniuk
It is true that the eyes dominate the ears in our time.
~ Karlheinz Stockhausen
And I'll never forget the first time I took the possibility to project sound every day for six or seven hours with special devices which were built for me.
~ Karlheinz Stockhausen
The rise of salsa was such an important time in musical history, not just in Latin music but music in general, because these guys created a new sound.
~ Jennifer Lopez