Quotes About Tone

I like guitar sounds to be a little somber.

Even colors were important to me. If it was a somber scene, the colors were muted and dark. If it was a happy or seductive scene, the colors were brighter.

I love the ukulele. It's got a beautiful, melodic tone to it. There's something innocent and romantic, and it's just a grand instrument to play.

Love tone, rhythm, lyrical or melodic structure from heart to love! is the interlude of true love.

I didn't like his tone. In fact I didn't like boys' tone when they knew they were hot and tried to be rude to girls because they knew they were hot.

Are you just trying to be dense? He glared at me. But I glared right back, indignantly, and then in the tones of someone speaking to a dim pony, he said, I'd want to. If you want, I want. And if you don't want, then-- I don't want. That's the general idea of the thing, I said, getting wary all over again: that sounded alarmingly like he did want. Otherwise it's just stalking. Are you asking?

Years of teaching had left him with that firm and didactic tone of someone used to being heard, but not certain of being listened to.

The gaslight radiating from this opening gave an ocher tone to the miasma that emanated from within.

For me, comic scores always have to have some melancholy in the background.

The more light hearted I write about that, the better the message gets through.

The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing alive enough to have strength to die. (from Neutral Tones)

Like exceptional emphasis in the tone of a genius, that which would have made mediocrity ridiculous was an addition to recognised power.

It was not exactly the fault of the hut, she observed in a tone which showed her to be that novelty among women—one who finished a thought before beginning the sentence which was to convey it.

Don't worry, Iceberg, this will melt you!" He chuckled. I didn't like his tone. "Why are you calling me that?" "Because you're cold as ice, and that sour face of yours could sink a ship! What are you afraid of?" he teased. "That you might melt?

She had such control of tone , in her text messages, she was the Edith Wharton of text messaging.

Her tone spoke less of nostalgia than reproach, of feelings long coveted and repeated whenever she had the chance.

As long as concepts are identical with mere words, the variation is almost imperceptible and plays no practical role. But when an exact definition or a careful explanation is needed, one can occasionally discover the most amazing variations, not only in the purely intellectual understanding of the term, but particularly in its emotional tone and its application. As a rule, these variations are subliminal and therefore never realized.

Face-to-face conversation unfolds slowly. It teaches patience. We attend to tone & nuance. On the other hand, when we communicate on our digital devices, we learn different habits. As a true digital minimalist, Turkle approaches these issues from a standpoint of smarter use of digital communication tools, not blanket abstention. "My argument is not anti-technology." She writes. "It's pro-conversation.

I meant it to be jokey, but it came out sounding bitter

His voice, when he spoke German, especially with that commanding tone, took on a sharp, resonant quality. Hearing it gave Lucille the same pleasure that a slightly rough kiss might –– the kind of kiss that ends with a little bite.

The calmness was the final tone of despair.

The book is quite serious and quite funny. (Most novels are.)

Art should be linked to abstract things - color, line, tone. It is not an instrument to improve social conditions and chase ugliness. Painting is like music and it has to separate from everyday reality.

A role needs a certain tone, so your own tone also changes. It's not like I lock myself up in a room to get into the zone. It is based on what I am feeling, because the minute you try too much, weird things happen. Of course, for an intense role you need some silence, and you need to do a lot of thinking.