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This may sound mad, but you sort of assume that no one’s going to watch what you do. You go on set, have a lovely time, and then you forget anyone’s going to see it. So it’s always a bit of a shock to be recognized. I get terribly embarrassed Picture Quote #1

You know, sound was still a fairly new thing when I came into movies. And the reason musicals happened is because of sound. They could put music in the picture! That’s how it all began Picture Quote #1

My poems always begin with a metaphor, but my way into the metaphor may be a word, an image, even a sound. And I rarely know the nature of the metaphor when I begin to write, but there is an attentiveness that a writer develops, a sudden alertness that is much like the feel of a fish brushing against a hook Picture Quote #1

To get my sound in the studio, I double guitar tracks, and when it gets to the lead parts, the rhythm drops out, just like it’s live. I’m very conscious of that Picture Quote #1

Sometimes you do a sound installation, and the first day or two it is very exciting. Then you are hearing this every day for a month, and it becomes like a torture Picture Quote #1

One of my teachers says the sound you hear in the center of the universe is laughter. I don’t know if it’s true, but if you do something and 30 years later it still produces laughter, that’s a fantasy you can’t make up Picture Quote #1

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Turn off the sound in a movie, and if you can tell what’s going on, the movie should work Picture Quote #1

I just play intuitively and work the same way in the studio. I don’t have any magical effects or anything that helps me to get my particular sound Picture Quote #1

I think I could walk into any music shop anywhere and with a guitar off the rack, a couple of basic pedals and an amp I could sound just like me. There’s no devices, customized or otherwise, that give me my sound Picture Quote #1

I don’t like listening to my music, not even new pieces. Generally, they sound pretty much like I expected them to sound, so it’s what I wanted, and that’s it Picture Quote #1

When a sound can replace an image, cut the image or neutralize it. The ear goes more towards the within, the eye towards the outer Picture Quote #1

Ooh, ah, ooh, ah, that’s the sound of the men working on the chain gang Picture Quote #1

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I worry about being a fogy and just writing for orchestras. Like, really, I should be doing more electronic stuff, I feel. Laptops as part of the orchestra, and installation sound, and speakers Picture Quote #1

I think the interview form works best on the radio. There are a lot of personality traits conveyed in a person’s voice, the rhythm of their speech or how confident they sound Picture Quote #1

I never get the tall, blonde, glamorous roles because I’m not tall, blonde and glamorous. I’m more the wee, disturbing characters because of the way I look or sound Picture Quote #1

I kind of always wanted my own music to just sound like, like me, I suppose, like if I was music it would be the music I make, I think Picture Quote #1

I think in general, lines are a bad idea. Especially if they sound like lines. Everyone’s immediate reaction is to just kind of cringe a little bit Picture Quote #1

If a person plays dissonance long enough, it will sound like consonance. It’s a language that was alien and then it’s less and less alien as it continues to live Picture Quote #1

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As a child, I was always making sound; it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing; it freed me from all the thoughts in my head. I begged for opera lessons because opera singing is the most formidable, most emotional way to use your voice Picture Quote #1

Walk my way and a thousand violins begin to play, or it might be the sound of your hello Picture Quote #1

My thing is you just have to try to feel young and stay young. Obviously you get a little older, but I still want my music to be young. I don’t want to sound like an old dad onstage, so you just have to write music that sounds young Picture Quote #1

When I say things that sound insane, like only the smartest million people should have the right to vote, well, I mean that Picture Quote #1

The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpations of power by rulers. It is against sound policy for a free people to keep up large military establishments and standing armies in time of peace, both from the enormous expenses, with which they are attended, and the facile means, which they afford to ambitious and unprincipled rulers, to subvert the government, or trample upon the rights of the people Picture Quote #1

I don’t have a problem with delegation. I love to delegate. I am either lazy enough, or busy enough, or trusting enough, or congenial enough, that the notion leaving tasks in someone else’s lap doesn’t just sound wise to me, it sounds attractive Picture Quote #1

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I’m writing for my ideal reader, for somebody who’s willing to take the time, who’s willing to get lost in a new world, who’s willing to do their part. But then I have to do my part and give them a sound and a voice that they believe in enough to keep going Picture Quote #1

It’s not that you get a cliché and then wiggle it about or use synonyms. You don’t take an ordinary decorative paragraph and give it style. What you’re trying to do is be faithful to your perceptions and transmit them as faithfully as you can. I say these sentences until they sound right. There’s no objective reason why they’re right. They just sound right to me Picture Quote #1

I have to choose my words carefully because I don’t want to sound like one of those who goes on about how things were better in my day Picture Quote #1

I never tried to sing like anybody else, fortunately I didn’t sound like anybody else. It just happened Picture Quote #1

A part of us resists all of this and wants to make it sound as if it’s much too religious, an arbitrary thing that we have to do with our life. This is nonsense. This is the real fun Picture Quote #1

The studio part, to me, can be pretty laborious. You’re inside for hours on end and can be pretty frustrating to get the sound you hear in your head to come out of those speakers Picture Quote #1

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This may sound mad, but you sort of assume that no one’s going to watch what you do. You go on set, have a lovely time, and then you forget anyone’s going to see it. So it’s always a bit of a shock to be recognized. I get terribly embarrassed (Sound Quotes) You know, sound was still a fairly new thing when I came into movies. And the reason musicals happened is because of sound. They could put music in the picture! That’s how it all began (Sound Quotes) My poems always begin with a metaphor, but my way into the metaphor may be a word, an image, even a sound. And I rarely know the nature of the metaphor when I begin to write, but there is an attentiveness that a writer develops, a sudden alertness that is much like the feel of a fish brushing against a hook (Sound Quotes) To get my sound in the studio, I double guitar tracks, and when it gets to the lead parts, the rhythm drops out, just like it’s live. I’m very conscious of that (Sound Quotes) Sometimes you do a sound installation, and the first day or two it is very exciting. Then you are hearing this every day for a month, and it becomes like a torture (Sound Quotes) One of my teachers says the sound you hear in the center of the universe is laughter. I don’t know if it’s true, but if you do something and 30 years later it still produces laughter, that’s a fantasy you can’t make up (Sound Quotes) Turn off the sound in a movie, and if you can tell what’s going on, the movie should work (Sound Quotes) I just play intuitively and work the same way in the studio. I don’t have any magical effects or anything that helps me to get my particular sound (Sound Quotes) I think I could walk into any music shop anywhere and with a guitar off the rack, a couple of basic pedals and an amp I could sound just like me. There’s no devices, customized or otherwise, that give me my sound (Sound Quotes) I don’t like listening to my music, not even new pieces. Generally, they sound pretty much like I expected them to sound, so it’s what I wanted, and that’s it (Sound Quotes) When a sound can replace an image, cut the image or neutralize it. The ear goes more towards the within, the eye towards the outer (Sound Quotes) Ooh, ah, ooh, ah, that’s the sound of the men working on the chain gang (Sound Quotes) I worry about being a fogy and just writing for orchestras. Like, really, I should be doing more electronic stuff, I feel. Laptops as part of the orchestra, and installation sound, and speakers (Sound Quotes) I think the interview form works best on the radio. There are a lot of personality traits conveyed in a person’s voice, the rhythm of their speech or how confident they sound (Sound Quotes) I never get the tall, blonde, glamorous roles because I’m not tall, blonde and glamorous. I’m more the wee, disturbing characters because of the way I look or sound (Sound Quotes) I kind of always wanted my own music to just sound like, like me, I suppose, like if I was music it would be the music I make, I think (Sound Quotes) I think in general, lines are a bad idea. Especially if they sound like lines. Everyone’s immediate reaction is to just kind of cringe a little bit (Sound Quotes) If a person plays dissonance long enough, it will sound like consonance. It’s a language that was alien and then it’s less and less alien as it continues to live (Sound Quotes) As a child, I was always making sound; it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing; it freed me from all the thoughts in my head. I begged for opera lessons because opera singing is the most formidable, most emotional way to use your voice (Sound Quotes) Walk my way and a thousand violins begin to play, or it might be the sound of your hello (Sound Quotes) My thing is you just have to try to feel young and stay young. Obviously you get a little older, but I still want my music to be young. I don’t want to sound like an old dad onstage, so you just have to write music that sounds young (Sound Quotes) When I say things that sound insane, like only the smartest million people should have the right to vote, well, I mean that (Sound Quotes) The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpations of power by rulers. It is against sound policy for a free people to keep up large military establishments and standing armies in time of peace, both from the enormous expenses, with which they are attended, and the facile means, which they afford to ambitious and unprincipled rulers, to subvert the government, or trample upon the rights of the people (Sound Quotes) I don’t have a problem with delegation. I love to delegate. I am either lazy enough, or busy enough, or trusting enough, or congenial enough, that the notion leaving tasks in someone else’s lap doesn’t just sound wise to me, it sounds attractive (Sound Quotes) I’m writing for my ideal reader, for somebody who’s willing to take the time, who’s willing to get lost in a new world, who’s willing to do their part. But then I have to do my part and give them a sound and a voice that they believe in enough to keep going (Sound Quotes) It’s not that you get a cliché and then wiggle it about or use synonyms. You don’t take an ordinary decorative paragraph and give it style. What you’re trying to do is be faithful to your perceptions and transmit them as faithfully as you can. I say these sentences until they sound right. There’s no objective reason why they’re right. They just sound right to me (Sound Quotes) I have to choose my words carefully because I don’t want to sound like one of those who goes on about how things were better in my day (Sound Quotes) I never tried to sing like anybody else, fortunately I didn’t sound like anybody else. It just happened (Sound Quotes) A part of us resists all of this and wants to make it sound as if it’s much too religious, an arbitrary thing that we have to do with our life. This is nonsense. This is the real fun (Sound Quotes) The studio part, to me, can be pretty laborious. You’re inside for hours on end and can be pretty frustrating to get the sound you hear in your head to come out of those speakers (Sound Quotes)

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