“I would never try and play like Harry James, because I don't like his tone - for me. It's just white. You know what I mean? He has what we black trumpet players call a white sound. But it's for white music ... I can tell a white trumpet player, just listening to a record. There'll be something he'll do that'll let me know that he's white.” KnowsTryingMeanI CanPlayFunnySoundBlackWhiteRecordsPlayerListeningLet MeToneTrumpetsJust Listen Author:Miles Davis
“I say it with my tongue firmly planted in cheek but there's truth to it - being a comedian is very close to being a therapist. When you're working smaller clubs, you're listening. You're feeling an energy, you're going with a tone but when people start yelling out, you almost start a conversation with people.” PeopleFeelingsEnergyListeningConversationClubsTongueComedianToneCheeksTherapistsYelling Author:Dane Cook
“I probably wouldn't be singing if not for Michael Jackson. When I started singing, I didn't like my tone until my mom put me on to Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder, so listening to the way they used their instrument helped me get more comfortable with my own.” IfsWayUsedMy OwnWonderListeningMomComfortableSingingInstrumentsMy MomTone Author:Ne-Yo
“A lot of people listening to music now don't listen to the songs or lyrics at all. They just go, "Good tones..." and that's it.” PeopleSongListeningToneListening To Music Author:Alex Scally
“I'll just say that I made my own explorations of tone by listening to a tone for a long time until I began to understand what my sensations were, what my mind was doing with tone.” MindLongMadeMy OwnListeningLong TimeToneExplorationSensations Author:Pauline Oliveros
“It was around the end of the '60s, when I began to compose sonic meditations. Before that I was doing a lot of reflecting on myself, and listening to long tones.” LongEndsMeditationListeningToneReflecting Author:Pauline Oliveros
“I do think that the imagination you create yourself when you're reading, to create the tone and the accent of the world, is an individual accomplishment that someone is imposing upon you by listening to them read it. Because you're listening to their interpretation, and their emphasis would probably be different from the one that your brain makes while you're reading it.” ThinkingWorldDifferentReadingIndividualImaginationBrainListeningAccomplishmentToneInterpretationAccentsEmphasisImposing Author:John Larroquette