#sound

Composers are the only people who can hear good music above bad sounds. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

#bad #composers #good #good music #hear

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. ↗

— Joanna Southcott

#another #ceased #dreamed #ears #flock

The first issue of The Register was printed in London, and gave a glowing account of the province that was to be - its climate, its resources, the sound principles on which it was founded. ↗

— Catherine Helen Spence

#climate #first #founded #gave #glowing

I remember really bonding with the first generation kids, the Chinese Canadian kids, and in high school bonding with the Latin kids and the East Indian kids. It was very interesting because it made me open to lots of musical sounds. ↗

— Nelly Furtado

#bonding #canadian #chinese #east #first

I maintain that many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practice the dull craft of experimental psychology. ↗

— Oswald Spengler

#diplomat #dull #experimental #financier #i

People do not want words - they want the sound of battle - the battle of destiny. ↗

— Gamal Abdel Nasser

#destiny #people #sound #want #words

In particular what is most important to me is the transformation of a sound by slowing it down, sometimes extremely, so that the inner of sound becomes a conceivable rhythm. ↗

— Karlheinz Stockhausen

#conceivable #down #extremely #important #inner

I wouldn't say I'm girl-crazy, because that makes me sound like a bit of a womanizer. That isn't really me. But I am quite flirty - maybe too flirty. I'm an 18-year-old boy, and I like to have fun! ↗

— Harry Styles

#because #bit #boy #fun #have fun

I'm better for it and I prefer to keep things simple and see what sounds I can get out of my head and hands rather than relying on a sound that someone else created. ↗

— Andy Summers

#created #else #get #hands #head

If I'm playing a violin thing, for instance, I tend to respond to that sound with the way I finger. ↗

— Andy Summers

#i #instance #playing #respond #sound