Quotes about Sound

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.

Men had sought beauty in many forms—in sequences of sound, in lines upon paper, in surfaces of stone, in the movements of the human body, in colours ranged through space.

Liquid lapse of murmuring streams.

My hearing after 50 years of playing music sometimes isn't too great.

What sounds good on the radio is really loud kick drums and loud snare drums, when everything's bombastic and in your face. It's the equivalent of a houseguest who screams all the time.

Orpah and Ruth; who will represent to us two sorts of professors of religion: Orpah, that sort that indeed make a fair profession, and seem to set out well, but dure but for a while, and then turn back; Ruth, that sort that are sound and sincere, and therefore are steadfast and persevering in the way that they have set out in.

The only thing I envy about a cat is its purr, remarked Dr. Blythe once, listening to Doc's resonant melody. It is the most contented sound in the world.

If we played three CDs of praise at the same time, we'd have a cacophony of noise that would drive us crazy. This was totally different. Every sound blended, and each voice or instrument enhanced the others. As strange as it may seem, I could clearly distinguish each song. It sounded as if each hymn of praise was meant for me to hear as I moved inside the gates.

I pointed to the canvas where the rain was making the finest sound that we, who live much outside of houses, ever hear.

We all know that light travels faster than sound. That's why certain people appear bright until you hear them speak.

Shearwater sighed, like a whale in the night.

This was a rare treat: the wonderful sound of memory filled happiness.