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Sound Quotes

The many meanings of how something sounds.

These sound quotes range from musicians describing their own recorded voice to a conductor aiming for a particular orchestral character, alongside a sharper caution about what happens when love is tamed and made predictable. See more in Like quotes.

Jesse Stone did more to develop the basic rock-and-roll sound than anybody else.

Quotes by Ahmet Ertegun

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.

Quotes by Agnes de Mille

I knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound. I brought out all these other break beats that you hear so much on a lot of these records.

Quotes by Afrika Bambaataa

I don't mean to sound cocky, but I just wear what I like and don't try to focus too much on trends.

Quotes by Adwoa Aboah

Good Quotes

I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet.

Quotes by Adriana Trigiani

Change the sound. Make people rethink what they're doing. That's what I really wanna do.

Quotes by Adrian Younge

To me, the Ennio Morricone kind of sound is a derivative of soul music.

Quotes by Adrian Younge

I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like.

Quotes by Adrian Belew

It may sound cliched, but it just shows that when you don't let people put you in a box then anything can happen.

Quotes by Adebayo Akinfenwa

Like Quotes

To capture sound is to isolate a moment, canonize it, enter it into the historical register.

Quotes by Adam Mansbach

That's the thing I like about my sound. It's real raw and very unsafe compared to a solid state kind of sound.

Quotes by Adam Jones

If I play anything that sounds like a solo, it's gonna sound like a lyric.

Quotes by Adam Jones

I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.

Quotes by Adam Jones

When I say things that sound insane, like only the smartest million people should have the right to vote, well, I mean that.

Quotes by Adam Carolla

Love Quotes

I think the fans really wanna hear the songs the way they sound on the record.

Quotes by Ace Frehley

He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith.

Quotes by Abu Bakr

Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as...

Quotes by Abdullah II of Jordan

You can't say I don't sound like a N.Y. rapper - it's because I don't wanna sound like nobody else.

Quotes by A Boogie wit da Hoodie

I found my sound through exploring. I was in the studio yelling, going low, trying things, and that's how I found that I have a lot of sounds.

Quotes by A Boogie wit da Hoodie

Me Quotes

I endeavor that all orchestras I conduct sound Central European.

Quotes by Zubin Mehta

Frequently Asked Questions

What different meanings of "sound" appear in these quotes?
These quotes use "sound" in a few ways - describing an accent or regional voice, a musician saying a first record doesn't sound like their true self, a poetic warning about what sounds "the death knell to love," and a conductor's goal for how an orchestra should sound.
Is there a quote about not sounding like you're from a certain place?
Yes: "I was born in New Jersey, but it doesn't sound like I'm from a certain region."
Is there a quote about a musician's first record not sounding like them?
Yes: "To listen to my first record, it doesn't sound like me."
Is there a quote warning about what "sounds the death knell to love"?
Yes: "Attempts to tame the wayward and domesticate the riotous, to make the unknowable predictable and enchain the free-roaming - all such things sound the death knell to love."
Where can I find more quotes like these?
If you enjoy these, take a look at our Music and Love quotes pages.

Together they show how 'sound' stretches from literal audio to a metaphor for authenticity. Browse Good quotes or Me quotes for related reflections on identity.