Sounding Quotes

If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that's because that's where I'm going to find inspiration.

But it all came, and for me, hip-hop has done more for racial divide and racial sort of bringing together than anything in the last 30 years. Seeing people like Eminem sounding like somebody like Jay-Z and just the racial aspects of it all.

At risk of sounding foully pompous I think that writers' groups are probably very useful at the beginning of a writing career.

The reason my voice is sounding more passionate is because I'm singing directly from the heart.

Well, they put me in a booth and then did some nice things to the speaker to make it come out sounding ok.

Some things don't wind up sounding like you'd expect, which is just as well.

My sense of divine brings with it a strange sound of music with its glories, a marvellous melody sounding like a multitude of flutes.

I do to keep things sounding fresh. Sometimes just changing the running order of the show is a good idea.

The Band is sounding real good. We've been doing some dates together and they've been going well.

They keep telling me that my flow's up to date, you know. I guess they thought I was gonna come back sounding... old.

It is quite annoying that we have to change the sound we invented just to avoid sounding like people who simply copy us, but... it is flattering and of course challenging.

Without sounding too pretentious, I was sort of a slave to the narrative. When the narrative cracks in, I have to go where it takes me. I had to go to the Bohemian Grove. It was the obvious end to the book.

I think there is always room for a timeless sounding rock band like us.

If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.

Am I sounding better or am I just getting used to my voice?

I always come across sounding like I hate my children. I actually love them very much.

Hearing, which, by the motion of the air, informs us of the motion of sounding or vibrating bodies.

I had to try and find a way to express happiness without sounding corny.

Musicians always come off sounding a little bit pretentious, and a little bit... I don't know, hypocritical, from what they do, talking about strong issues.

Another night I dreamed I heard heavenly music sounding in my ears, and a flock of sheep was gathering round it. When the music ceased, the sheep leaped for joy, and ran together, shaking their heads; and one shook his head almost off, and seemed to have nothing but ears.

I think now, more than anytime I can remember, bands are sounding pretty similar whether they're English or American, from Manchester or London... or Leeds or Welsh or Irish.

I've never been good at rock'n'roll songs, anyway; either I'm blessed or I'm cursed, but whatever I write comes out sounding old.

Aside from rabid Islamists, no one who wishes to be taken seriously can publicly say anything bad about the old Jews of Europe without sounding like reactionary troglodytes.

In serial music, the series itself is seldom audible... What I'm interested in is a compositional process and a sounding music that are one in the same thing.

Be able to sneeze without sounding ridiculous. That means neither stifling yourself or spraying your immediate vicinity.

I think the potential for the program at the risk of sounding self-serving is large, some would say even limitless, so I'm excited about it and I think it can even pass next year.

The decision came from the publisher. It certainly was cleared by Chicago. And then they come out with these fine sounding words about relation to readers and their obligation. It has nothing to do with that.

It is difficult to write about any form of mental disease, especially your own, without sounding as if you were examining a bug under glass.

Without sounding pompous, I really do feel that I have a set of standards that I must adhere to, even leaving aside considerations of what the readers expect.

The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried as much about their voice sounding perfect. They would make the song kind of fit their voice.