“Before college, I acted in my room, to classical music, because music tells stories. I'd put on a record and proceed, silently. I'd keep putting the needle back to a certain segment because I hadn't died well enough. I had to really, really feel dead. I'd love to do a death scene.” FeelsWellsEnoughStoriesCertainRoomsRecordsCollegeSceneMusic IsDiedClassical MusicNeedles Author:Amanda Plummer
“Several times a day, stop and just listen. Open your hearing 360 degrees, as if your ears were giant radar dishes. Listen to the obvious sounds, and the subtle soundsin your body, in the room, in the building, and outside. Listen as if you had just landed from a foreign planet and didnt know what was making these sounds. See if you can hear all sounds as music being played just for you. Even in what is called silence there is sound. To hear such subtle sound, the mind must be very quiet.” IfsKnowsMindBodySoundRoomsSilenceBuildingPlanetsListeningQuietDegreesMusic IsEarsObviousHearingYour BodyGiantsSubtleDishesJust ListenRadarBeing Played Author:Jan Chozen Bays
“You may be sitting in a room reading this book. Imagine one note struck upon the piano. Immediately that one note is enough to change the atmosphere of the room - proving that the sound element in music is a powerful and mysterious agent, which it would be foolish to deride or belittle.” MayBookEnoughWould BeReadingSoundRoomsPowerfulImagineProveElementsMusic IsSittingNotesFoolishMysteriousAgentsAtmospherePianoBelittle Book:What to Listen For in Music Source: What to Listen For in Music
“I tell my students one of the most important things they need to know is when they are at their best, creatively. They need to ask themselves, What does the ideal room look like? Is there music? Is there silence? Is there chaos outside or is there serenity outside? What do I need in order to release my imagination?” KnowsNeedsLooksDoeImportantOrderAsksImaginationRoomsSilenceStudentsMusic IsIdealsImportant ThingsChaosReleaseSerenitySilence IsMy Imagination Author:Toni Morrison
“One of the great things about music is that it has the capability of time travel - you smell a certain smell in the room and it takes you back to your childhood. I feel like music is able to do that, and it happens to me all the time.” FeelsHappensAbleCertainRoomsChildhoodMusic IsSmellGreat ThingsYour ChildrenCapabilityTime Travel Author:M. Ward
“If there are only you and the music in the room, it means that there are two persons in the room! Music is a live being!” IfsMeanPersonsTwoRoomsMusicMusic Is Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“Music is very, very important in my movies. In some ways the most important stage, whether it ends up being in the movie or not, is just when I come up with the idea itself before I have actually sat down and started writing. I go into my record room... I have a big vinyl collection and I have a room kind of set up like a used record store and I just dive into my music, whether it be rock music, or lyric music, or my soundtrack collection. What I'm looking for is the spirit of the movie, the beat that the movie will play with.” WayWritingKindImportantIdeasEndsPlayBigsUsedSpiritRoomsRecordsRocksStageMusic IsBeatsDown AndCome UpStoresSatCollectionsRock MusicSoundtracksVinylRecord Stores Author:Quentin Tarantino
“Country music is the combination of African and European folk songs coming together and doing a little waltz right here in the American south. They came together at some cotillion, and somebody snuck a black person into the room, and he danced with a white lady, and music was born.” LittlesPersonsCountryTogetherSongBlackBornWhiteRoomsMusic IsSouthFolksCombinationComing TogetherBlack PersonWaltzFolk SongsCotillion Author:Ketch Secor