#tone

I refused to beat my head against stone, of course. ↗

— Herbert Lom

#beat #course #head #i #refused

Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage. ↗

— Richard Lovelace

#cage #iron #make #nor #prison

Let them not make me a stone and let them not spill me, otherwise kill me. ↗

— Louis MacNeice

#make #me #otherwise #spill #stone

I didn't feel like going any further in this scene with the boy. He was not a professional actor, and if I had pushed the scene any further it would have destroyed the tone of the movie. ↗

— Louis Malle

#any #boy #destroyed #feel #further

There is a tone of morality throughout the rural districts of England, which is unhappily wanting in the large towns and the centres of particular manufactures. ↗

— Henry Mayhew

#districts #england #large #manufactures #morality

I listen to Radio 4 and put the iPod on shuffle. I like the randomness of, say, the Stones, then something from Nina Simone, Nick Drake or Bob Dylan. ↗

— Catherine McCormack

#bob dylan #drake #dylan #i #ipod

No one should be allowed to make music as if he were made of wood. One must reproduce the musical text exactly, but not play like a stone. ↗

— Olivier Messiaen

#exactly #like #made #make #music

By giving the public a rich and full melody, distinctly arranged and well played, all the time creating new tone colors and patterns, I feel we have a better chance of being successful. I want a kick to my band, but I don't want the rhythm to hog the spotlight. ↗

— Glenn Miller

#band #being #better #better chance #chance

I don't know why I do what I do. I tend to go for the really weird, bizarre stuff. I actually have to tone it down for the show. ↗

— Andy Milonakis

#bizarre #down #go #i #i do

So I played alto for quite a while until I saved up the money for the baritone. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#baritone #i #money #played #quite