Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins.
As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.
Most entrepreneurial ideas will sound crazy, stupid and uneconomic, and then they'll turn out to be right.
The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.
But if, on the other hand, we should be justified in rejecting it, if there testified on oath, then, supposing our rules of evidence to be sound, we may be excused if we hesitate elsewhere to give it credence.
You could make any song sound creepy if you wanted. It's all about the inflection.
The big studio era is from the coming of sound until 1950, until I came in... I came in at a crux in film, which was the end of the studio era and the rise of filmmaking.
I heard 'Get Lucky'; it's just not my taste. It's great what Daft Punk does and the sound quality is great, but that whole disco vibe is not really my thing.
The sound of water escaping from mill dams, etc., willows, old rotten planks, slimy posts, and brickwork, I love such things.
What I think a psychic is, unfortunately, I think in this day and age, it's taken on sort of a rancid sound.
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
I was aware of that theme of mortality in my music since around 2009. The decaying and the disappearance of the piano sound is very much symbolic of life and mortality. It's not sad. I just meditate about it.
Digital sound is damaging music; it's damaging the artists. It's so degrading.
That Mississippi sound, that Delta sound is in them old records. You can hear it all the way through.
I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?'
Music is the most powerful sound there is, often inappropriately deployed. It's powerful for two reasons: you recognize it fast, and you associate it very powerfully.
To me, the Ennio Morricone kind of sound is a derivative of soul music.
I don't really like the sound of Auto-Tune. I don't like when it's extremely audible, when you're able to detect it easily. I don't like that.
It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.
The authentic Gullah dialect is actually very clipped, and so it would sound almost Jamaican and be very odd to an American audience's ears. It's not the typical Southern dialect that we're used to.
