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My will broke at the sound of his voice, and my head turned with as much inevitability as a sunflower turning its face to the sun.
Speaking passionately from the very center of who you are is compelling, forceful, persuasive: that’s what leadership sounds like.
When you are in a relationship, you want the other person to appreciate the things you like. It sounds superficial, but it's nice.
People often ask me how I developed my vocal sound, and the answer usually disappoints them: Its just the way I sound when I sing.
There's so much to be said for making your guitar sound like a synthesizer and try to make your drummer sound like a drum machine.
If I could meet my mother and marry her, I would. I would be with my mother now, if she weren't my mother, as sick as that sounds.
Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex or simple.
A lot of the Beatles albums were very various, and we did it on purpose: We didn't want the next track to sound like the last one.
I am unable to comment on who may or may not be Banksy, but anyone described as 'good at drawing' doesn't sound like Banksy to me.
John legend is a nickname that somebody started calling me a while ago and part of it is 'cos I sound like an old man when I sing.
Try this experiment: one day go in a record store and just try and guess what the music sounds like by looking at the album cover.
I get more excited about like, "How nice is the piano?" or "How does the room sound?" I don't really see the gear so much anymore.
Probably the last sound heard before the Universe folded up like a paper hat would be someone saying, "What happens if I do this?"
I think of myself now as a writer, although I wouldn't go as far as to say 'novelist' because that sounds like a Victorian person.
I want to explain everything to him, show him that it’s really not as screwed up as it all sounds, but then I remember that it is.
Some people say we have thirteen albums that all sound the same. That isn't true. We have fourteen albums that all sound the same.
I do not know that there is a more certain sound than Senator Kennedy. I cannot imagine a more uncertain sound than Senator Kerry.
I know it sounds very cliché and not very exciting, but if I'm outdoors - in the wild or the ocean or the forest - it inspires me.
When I was young, I learned very early on that I could make my mother laugh. And that was one of the greatest sounds I ever heard.
It is our duty to concentrate all our influence to make popular that which is sound and good, and unpopular that which is unsound.
As a DJ I am never 100 percent in charge of the sound. The sound levels are controlled by someone at the sound board of the venue.
Every element has a sound, an original sound from the order of God; all those sounds unite like the harmony from harps and zithers.
I consider my music to be Progressive Synth Pop, which says nothing about what it sounds like, but does describe my basic approach.
I'm super interested in visual, and I love that being in a band can be as much about making an image as it is about making a sound.
I know it may sound silly, but I think my short stories have a life and identity of their own. They crop up in all sorts of places.
When I make records I have full control of everything and I know how it sounds before it comes out, with films it's outta my hands.
I put a new engine in my car, but forgot to take the old one out. Now my car goes 500 miles per hour. The harmonica sounds amazing.
Japanese women live in fear of making the least sound in a bathroom stall. Japanese men pay no attention to the subject whatsoever.
Sadie got up and kissed Amos on the forehead. “Leave it to us, Uncle. I’ve got a plan.” “That,” I said, “sounds like very bad news.
I don't want to sound superficial, but when I go see a movie myself, I'd rather look at Tom Cruise than some shmo with a beer belly
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.
I've discovered that sheer quantity doesn't necessarily make for a heavier sound; if anything, overdubs make guitars sound mushier.
I know it's going to sound cheesy, but I love show business. I love doing comedy, I love that I get to do all this with my friends.
I've been putting out sexually explicit images of myself for years. I know this sounds bizarre, but somehow it makes me feel safer.
We weren't going anywhere," Nick said with a smile. He was trying to sound charming, but instead wound up sounding heavily sedated.
When I listen to music these days, and I hear Pro Tools and drums that sound like a machine - it kinda sucks the life out of music.
Sometimes you cannot produce a specific sound you want with, say, a guitar or piano, and you simply need to use electronic elements.
As always, the ones who aren't saints make the most noise...a single tree falling makes a sound, but a whole forest growing doesn't.
I don't really want to make this sound depressing, but I will say that I didn't really have my first kiss until really, really late.
This nation's elected leaders owe all Americans the duty of formulating an Iraqi policy based on sound analysis of the actual facts.
Sound has spoiled the most ancient of the world's arts, the art of pantomime, and has canceled out the great beauty that is silence.
The hole on the face of an acoustic guitar is called the sound hole. The one of the face of its player is called the sincerity hole.
I want a red to be sonorous, to sound like a bell. If it doesn't turn out that way, I add more reds and other colors until I get it.
I've never been good at being nostalgic, and I've never been able to focus on sound without having a voice that's very here-and-now.
It may sound lovey-dovey, but there's research showing the positive effect of meditation on parts of the brain that control emotion.
Have a care how you speak to me, Imp. Doubtless he meant to sound threatening, but that absurd wisp of a mustache ruined the effect.
I play vinyl and CDs. Playing vinyl is the best sound quality you can get playing music loudly, so that's the main reason I do that.
What I'm dealing with is sound. I don't pretend to be dealing with music. I'm just dealing with sound elements, textures and sounds.
My uncle is from Trinidad, so, ever since I was 7, I grew up listening to Soca, the genre that's from there. It's my favorite sound.
So quiet...it's like...all the sounds in the world...have been stopped...only you scent...in the deepest part of my heart...echoing.