“Divorce is so common and accepted in America that beating myself up over it may sound ridiculous. But I was raised to believe that divorce wasn't an option; to me, divorce equaled failure. I wasn't able to change that equation until I found myself in the right relationship.” BelieveMayAbleAmericaFoundSoundCommonRaisedDivorceAcceptedRidiculousOver ItEquations Author:Trisha Yearwood
“I'm able to come and do a new sound and grow even more and make greater songs because my song-making abilities have grown.” AbleSongGrowsSoundAbilityGreater Author:Will Ferrell
“But when you have to deal with notes, and to be able to make a full definition of what a sound is - if you are not around that environment, then you'll find you lose that feel, that momentum, you lose all that.” IfsFeelsAbleSoundLosesDealsEnvironmentNotesDefinitionsMomentum Author:Dennis Brown
“If thou workest at that which is before thee ... expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to Nature, and with heroic truth in every word and sound which thou utterest, thou wilt live happy. And there is no man who is able to prevent this.” IfsMenAbleActionSoundActivitySatisfiedTheeHeroicExpectingLive Happy Book:Meditations Source: Meditations
“Out of doing all that experimentation with sound I decided I wanted to do it with live musicians. To take repetition, take music fragments and make it live. Musicians would be able to play it and create this kind of abstract fabric of sound.” KindPlayWould BeAbleWantedSoundMusicianDecidedAbstractFabricRepetitionFragmentsExperimentation Author:Terry Riley
“Man, it seems, is not able to bear the languid rest on Nature's bosom, and when the trumpet sounds the signal of danger, he hastens to join his comrades, no matter what the cause that calls him to arms. He rushes into the thickest of the fight, and amid the uproar of the battle regains confidence in himself and his powers.” MenMatterSeemsAbleFightingCausesSoundDangerArmsBearsBattleNo Matter WhatSignalsBosomsTrumpetsComrade Author:Alphonse de Lamartine
“The sounds of many were unintelligible and undoubtedly many more called for their parents from whom they were parted by death or by accident. They grasped their tortured limbs, their tiny burning legs until they were no longer able to stand or run. And then they would crash to the ground where they would writhe in the bubbling tar until death released them from their physical misery.” RunningAbleParentSoundMiseryLegsAccidentsTinyBurningCrashLimbs Author:Martin Caidin
“I like to just see what's going on at a certain location and see what there is to do. If it looks and sounds like I'm able to have fun there, then I'm all for it.” IfsLooksAbleCertainFunSoundHaving FunLocation Author:Justin Bieber
“I am happy when I am on stage. I like that wave of blue. I like the eardrum splitting sounds of loud screams. I like to be able to breathe along with the members. Each and every stage is a good reminiscence and a happy memory” AbleSoundMemoriesStageMembersBlueWaveBreatheLoudScreamSplittingHappy Memories Author:Leeteuk
“I don't think I'd be able to flat-out write a pop song and make it satisfying to me. I'm ready to make a consistent sound in whatever way I can.” ThinkingWayWritingI CanAbleSongSoundReadyPopsConsistentFlatsSatisfyingPop Song Author:Leon Bridges
“I think, even a lot of people that make movies forget is that, in my mind, a movie should work with the sound off. You should be able to watch a movie without the sound and understand what's going on. That's your job, to build a series of chronological images that tell the story.” PeopleThinkingShouldMindStoriesAbleJobsSoundForgetWatchesSeries Author:Channing Tatum
“An actor stands in front of a camera onstage, and he controls time and space for the audience. He tells them how long this will take, where to look, when to look, what to think about it. And good performers should be able to do their part with the sound off.” ThinkingShouldLooksLongAbleActorsSoundSpaceAudienceFrontsCamerasPerformersTime And Space Author:John Michael Higgins
“I just believe that young people need to be able to learn how to write in their own voice. Just like a musician, you pride yourself on having your own distinct sound.” PeopleNeedsWritingBelieveAbleYoungSoundVoicePrideMusicianJust Believe Author:Terry McMillan
“I have this peculiar ability to be able to anticipate mouth movements on screen and fill them with words or sound.” AbleSoundAbilityMovementMouthsScreensPeculiarAnticipate Author:Frank Welker
“There's a very old recording maxim that goes, 'Distance makes depth.' I've used that a hell of a lot-whether it's tracking guitars or the whole band. People are used to close-miking amps, but I'd have a mic out around the back, as well, and then balance the two. Also, you shouldn't have to use EQ in the studio if the instruments sound right. You should be able to get the right tones simply with the science of microphone placement.” PeopleIfsShouldWellsTwoWholeUseAbleUsedSoundHellBalanceBandInstrumentsDistanceDepthGuitarStudiosToneMaximsMicrophonesMicsTrackingPlacement Author:Jimmy Page
“Rhythms and sounds are often the first thing I hear and want in a poem, so I can't imagine trying to translate something without at least being able to hear what it sounds like.” WantTryingFirstsI CanAbleSoundImagineRhythmTranslate Author:Joan Larkin
“Paint pictures with sound. First, find your white-the deepest, roundest sound you can play on the guitar. Then, find your black-which is the most extreme tonal difference from white you can play. Now, just pick the note where you've got white, pick it where you've got black, and then find all those colors in between. Get those colors down, and you'll be able to express almost any emotion on the guitar.?” FirstsPlayAbleSoundBlackDifferencesWhiteEmotionMusicColorPicksDown AndNotesPaintGuitarExtremes Author:Les Paul
“Id rather be able to play great tennis at a slam than make eight finals of little tournaments and then lose first round of a slam. That doesnt sound too good.” FirstsLittlesPlayAbleSoundLosesFinalsRoundsEightTennisTournamentsSlamGreat Tennis Author:Sloane Stephens
“It's fun to be able to have a fun palate, and the way I say that, you think about it and it sounds funny, but it's true.” ThinkingWayAbleFunSoundPalate Author:Joey Fatone
“It's ludicrous that my friends in California aren't able to legally get married. It's a civil rights issue. In 20 years we're going to look back at tapes of these antigay people saying ridiculous things on the news and it's going to sound as antiquated as the newsreels of horrible racists from the '50s.” PeopleYearsLooksAbleSoundIssuesRightsMarriedNewsMy FriendsRidiculousHorribleCivil RightsCaliforniaRacistTapeGay PeopleRidiculous Things Author:Busy Philipps
“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
“If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them.” IfsGivingChildrenSelfAbleSoundDealsSelf LoveOur Children Author:Bell Hooks
“They can sonically sound like me, but nobody's ever gonna be able to write songs like T-Pain. There's only one of those.” WritingAblePainSongSoundLike MeT Pain Author:T-Pain
“No one has ever been able to discover how they [cats] make this subtle sound, and what is more, no one ever will. It is a secret that has endured from the very beginning of the time of cats and will never be revealed.” AbleSoundSecretCatSubtlePurring Book:The silent miaow: a manual for kittens, strays, and homeless cats Source: The silent miaow: a manual for kittens, strays, and homeless cats
“To be a tourist is to escape accountability. Errors and failings don't cling to you the way they do back home. You're able to drift across continents and languages, suspending the operation of sound thought. Tourism is the march of stupidity.” WayHomeAbleLanguageSoundFailingErrorsStupidityOperationsAccountabilityMarchContinentsTouristsBack HomeTourism Author:Don DeLillo
“We've forgotten what it's like not to be able to reach the light switch. We've forgotten a lot of the monsters that seemed to livein our room at night. Nevertheless, those memories are still there, somewhere inside us, and can sometimes be brought to the surface by events, sights, sounds, or smells. Children, though, can never have grown-up feelings until they've been allowed to do the growing.” ChildrenStillsSometimesFeelingsLightAbleNightSoundMemoriesRoomsGrowingEventsSightForgottenSmellSurfaceMonstersNevertheless Author:Fred Rogers
“It is really amazing to be able to do cinematic, big feature style film music on a weekly basis and do it in LA, on a big scoring stage, on a studio lot, and do it with the right players and make it sound great.” BigsAbleFilmSoundPlayerStageStyleBasesStudiosFeaturesCinematicReally AmazingFilm Music Author:Christopher Lennertz
“Modeling is a very hard job. I know that sounds like a really shallow thing to say, but you have people pulling on your hair all day, telling you what to do, fitting you, telling you to bend over, hitting you, taking your shoes off, throwing you up against a wall - it's a lot. You have to really be able to handle yourself and bring something. It's not just enough to have a cute body and jump up in the air and go, "wow!"” PeopleKnowsHardEnoughBodyAbleJobsSoundAirHairWallShoesHandleCuteThrowingWowHittingPullingShallowModelingFittingUp In The Air Author:Kelly Cutrone
“I think my sound differentiates me from everyone else. I'm able to dip and dabble in other genres, without feeling out of place. Im not confined to one sound.” ThinkingFeelingsAbleSoundGenreConfinedDipDifferentiate Author:Iceberg Slim
“As soon as you start acting in an accent, you're sort of out of your comfort zone. Maybe people start getting used to accents after a long period of time. But as soon as you do that, it's not so much as capturing the sound of the way other people speak, it's being able to actually be and move around in the sound.” PeopleWayLongAbleMovingUsedSpeakSoundActingPeriodsComfortZoneAccentsComfort ZoneLong Periods Of Time Author:Ben Mendelsohn
“I think the biggest mistake anyone can make is trying to be the next someone, and try to mimic or copy someone who is already out there because you have to produce your own personality and your own sound, and go from there. That is something all great broadcasters have been able to do.” ThinkingTryingHas BeensAbleNextSoundMistakeProducePersonalityCopiesBiggest MistakeBroadcasters Author:Joe Bowen