“It may sound terrible, but I often say that the military saved me from a conventional life in the United States and I've never really thanked them for it, because I haven't exactly been pro-military in my work.” MayStatesSoundUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryHavensTerribleSavedConventionalConventional Life Author:Robert Jay Lifton
“I didn't really like my Sydney accent - nobody likes the sound of their own voice - and when I was a little younger tried to change my accent gradually. But I've only ever really lived in Sydney and Los Angeles, so I haven't been influenced by the accents of some far-off land.” LittlesSoundVoiceLandHavensLikesLos AngelesAccentsSydney Author:Callan McAuliffe
“It strikes me as a sound, honest statement for a prospective voter to say: 'Look, I haven't given this election a minute's thought, and it's just not fair for me to cancel out the vote of someone who actually gives a damn.' Indeed, it's not just sound and honest - it's the ethically responsible thing to do.” GivingLooksGivenSoundMinutesHonestHavensFairsVoteResponsibleElectionStrikesStatementsDamnThings To DoVotersNot Fair Author:Jeff Greenfield
“I'll tell you what I did need to learn was tolerance, and I think I've been actually given a daily opportunity to practice that, and it's - it's - and I know that that sounds almost like a backhanded slap, and it is in a way because I haven't been successful at it every day.” ThinkingKnowsWayNeedsOpportunityGivenSoundPracticeSuccessfulHavensToleranceSlap Author:Mel Gibson
“Any kind of creativity is not settling down into a happy little space. I don't try to be mellow or anything. I think I have quite... my voice is what it is, no matter what I'm singing, it's always going to sound like me. There's not too far I could go. I sound like myself. I hope that I haven't put any boundaries on anything.” ThinkingTryingKindLittlesMatterSoundVoiceSpaceCreativityHavensSingingNo Matter WhatBoundariesLike MeSettlingSettling DownMellowNot Settling Author:Teddy Thompson
“There's this bubblegum pop thing which is prevalent now that we haven't had before. People's ears are slightly de-tuned; they've been exposed to this weird synthetic, implausibly upbeat, Mickey Mouse stuff which I think is just weird; it's not really a human sound.” PeopleThinkingHumansStuffSoundHavensEarsPopsExposedMiceMickeySyntheticUpbeat Author:Teddy Thompson
“I have that precious commodity - freedom. I can live my life a day at a time, and I am open to whatever the next day brings. I know I sound as if I have been off with some guru in India, but I haven't. I've come to realise the value of being able to decide for oneself.” IfsKnowsHas BeensI CanAbleValuesNextSoundHavensIndiaOneselfRealisingCommodityNext DayLiving My LifeGuru Author:Cherie Lunghi
“But reading is different, reading is something you do. With TV, and cinema for that matter, everything's handed to you on a plate, nothing has to be worked at, they just spoon-feed you. The picture, the sound, the scenery, the atmospheric music in case you haven't understood what the director's on about... The creaking door that tells you to be stiff. You have to imagine it all when you're reading.” DifferentMatterReadingSoundCasesImagineDoorsHavensTvsDirectorsUnderstoodCinemaPlatesSpoonsScenery Author:Daniel Pennac
“I'm an extremely slow worker, very unprolific. It can take me weeks to do a three-minute song, or at least to make it sound, in my mind, like I haven't written it. That's when I'm satisfied.” MindSongThreeSoundWrittenWeekMinutesHavensWorkersSatisfiedTake Me Author:Nick Lowe
“And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still!” StillsHandsSoundVoiceHavensGoes OnShipsHills Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson
“I'm naturally shy, so the social media thing is new to me. I haven't really figured out how my voice sounds on social media, you know? I don't want to tweet everyday just for the sake of tweeting. I want to make sure whatever I do there is honest. Social media can very quickly get fake, and I don't want to be that guy.” KnowsWantGuySocialSoundVoiceHonestMediaHavensEverydaySakeSocial MediaFakeShyThat GuyTweet Author:Hunter Hayes
“I just want to sleep and exercise and travel for fun. And relax. It sounds so ordinary, but I haven't done it for 20 years.” WantYearsDoneFunSoundSleepHavensExerciseOrdinaryRelaxWant To Sleep Author:Hillary Clinton
“I haven't played EDC since 2011. Normally, my sound fits a little bit better in mixed festivals.” LittlesBitsSoundHavensFitLittle BitFestivals Author:Skrillex
“This is an amazingly sound place. We are more disaster-resistant than most other places. We haven't pushed it as hard as other people would have pushed it. I don't want to go back to Go. I've been to Go. A lot of our shareholders have a majority of their net worth in Berkshire, and they don't want to go back to Go either.” PeopleWantHardSoundHavensMajorityDisasterShareholdersNet Worth Author:Charlie Munger
“I would describe my style for those who haven't listened to my music as definitely..up-tempo. I try to have something nice, something people could dance to. It's kind of hard though to describe my sound in one record because I think when I approach music I try to do something different every day. Do a different vibe.” PeopleThinkingTryingKindDifferentHardSoundRecordsNiceStyleHavensApproachTempo Author:Kid Ink
“I think I'm just trying to show a more mature side of the band and I think we've really come into the sound of our band. With every album we've grown, but I think this is just a really good picture of where we are right now and how we feel our music represents us. Under the thumb of other record companies we haven't had as much creative control and I think with this record we really did our own thing.” ThinkingFeelsTryingShowsSoundSidesCompanyCreativeRecordsHavensRight NowBandAlbumsMatureThumbsRecord Companies Author:Jason C. Miller
“LA is such a crumbling mess of a city. Basically in all my years of travelling, I haven't found another city in the western world that interest me as much as Los Angeles - which might sound like heresy, but most cities, history has already happened and the people living there are sort of living on the bones of the thousand years of history that's already happened there. Whereas LA is always reinventing itself.” PeopleWorldYearsMightFoundSoundInterestCitiesHappenedHavensThousandWesternBonesMessLos AngelesThousand YearsHeresyLiving OnWestern WorldCrumblingReinventing Author:Moby
“The Pink Panther is legendary, but a lot of people my age haven't ever seen the original. So, I think it's great to bring it back for my generation, and to expose them to where that theme song which still sounds so modern and that legendary image of a pink cat came from. It's great to be a part of that, because it's history.” PeopleThinkingStillsAgeSongSoundGenerationsModernHavensCatOriginalsThemeMy GenerationLegendaryPanthersPink Panther Author:Beyonce Knowles
“I've had down periods in the past few years where I haven't been writing or working on music, and during that time something always felt like it was missing, but when I bring it back into the equation, everything in my life makes sense again. As corny as that sounds.” WritingYearsPastFeltSoundMissingHavensPeriodsMake SenseEquationsCorny Author:Keiynan Lonsdale
“I haven't been walking around for years with some burning desire to do a solo record. If I had, maybe I'd have made a record that was experimental. Usually, the idea of a solo record is to get some weird stuff out of your system, but I don't think like that. I wasn't interested in making something that was a hard listen - maybe I'll get around to that some other time. I wanted it to sound effortless, not like I was trying to reinvent the wheel.” IfsThinkingTryingYearsMadeIdeasHardWantedDesireStuffSoundRecordsHavensWalkingBurningWheelsSoloEffortlessBurning DesireWeird Stuff Author:Johnny Marr
“We got in after a ten hour drive after sleeping for four hours. I'm not complaining here. I'm really not complaining. Ten hour drive to get here, we unload, we sound check, we get here we take photos, we do this. I haven't eaten anything today. It's like... And I'm not even hungry.” TodaySoundHoursSleepFourHavensTenComplainingHungryChecks Author:Justin Vernon
“I've always enjoyed taking pre-existing sound, songs I like, songs I want to share, and manipulating them and trying to do my own version. So just knowing there's that potential for that thing out there that I haven't discovered yet, really gets me motivated every day.” WantTryingSongSoundMy OwnKnowingShareHavensVersionsEnjoyedMotivated Author:Girl Talk
“I haven't seen a lot of screwball comedies, and I don't think of myself as loving the genre. To me it sounds like, okay, you're going to be in a lot of crazy situations that are unbelievable.” ThinkingSoundSituationComedyCrazyHavensOkayGenreUnbelievable Author:Owen Wilson