Sound Quotes

“We were part of that California sound, even though we started in London. It was about the melody and the harmony.”

“Which is more musical, a truck passing by a factory or a truck passing by a music school?”

“Every piece of music has to have its own world, its own sonic landscape.”

“For me, the essential thing is that sound is not abstract.”

“The sound is the most important thing. The lyrics are important, but the sound is what hits you first.”

“I'm a tone chaser. I'm always looking for a unique sound that I haven't heard before.”

“Sound is a nutrient. You have to have a balanced diet of sound.”

“Phonology is concerned with the function, behavior and organization of sounds as linguistic items.”

“I don't really like human voices. I've always been drawn to more abstract sounds.”

“The sound is the source of all manifestation.”

“The sound of the Rickenbacker 12-string through a Vox amp is the sound of The Byrds.”

“I'm trying to make a different sound - a sound that is a statement, a sound that expresses the era in which I live.”

“I am always looking for the space between things, the gaps and the pauses.”

“I think stereo is a very artificial medium. We don't hear in stereo.”

“My sneakers are starting to squeak, it's a bothersome, blaring, cacophonous shriek.”

“The night was full of murmurs.”

“The 'Boston sound' is a trick of the ear. It's how the instruments are mixed together.”

“It is one of the curious things about the wilderness that it is so full of sounds, and yet so silent.”

“Sound is the matter from which music is made.”

“The music is a vibration in the air.”