#sound

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. ↗

— Demosthenes

#foolish #known #men #proved #sound

Pretty much at all times music motivates me. How can I say this without sounding in any way proud of myself? Obviously I've always written songs that are critical of our government, and talk about our times. Hopefully you attempt to be timeless while doing it. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#always #any #attempt #critical #doing

I love the sounds of Latin jazz, R&B, hip-hop, alternative, all that stuff. I'm a radio kid. ↗

— Mario Vazquez

#amp #hip-hop #i #i love #jazz

It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community. ↗

— Thorstein Veblen

#any #business #community #cost #gain

Follow sound business trends, not fashion trends. ↗

— Janice Dickinson

#fashion #follow #sound #trends

Richard Wagner, a musician who wrote music which is better than it sounds. ↗

— Richard Wagner

#music #musician #richard #sounds #than

The music industry's actions at the time of 9/11 and since have been actions driven by patriotism in most instances, and greed and stupidity to a lesser degree. Sounds like real life doesn't it? ↗

— Ronnie James Dio

#been #degree #driven #greed #industry

When it comes to grunge or even just Seattle, I think there was one band that made the definitive music of the time. It wasn't us or Nirvana, but Mudhoney. Nirvana delivered it to the world, but Mudhoney were the band of that time and sound. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#comes #definitive #delivered #even #grunge

Somewhere along the line the rhythms and tonalities of music elided in my brain with the sounds that words make and the rhythm that sentences have. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#brain #line #make #music #rhythm

I found my first novel difficult. I don't want to make it sound like it's any more difficult than driving a cab or going to any other job, but there are so many opportunities for self-doubt, that you just kind of need to soldier on. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#cab #difficult #driving #first #found