“There is a definite Chinese pop sound developing, but I was shocked at how influenced it is by American music.” SoundPopsDevelopingChineseDefiniteShockedAmerican Music Author:Paul Oakenfold
“A Mantra is composed of certain letters arranged in definite sequence of sounds, of which the letters are the representative signs. To produce the designed effect, Mantra must be intoned in the proper way, according to rhythm and sound...a Mantra is a potent compelling force, a word of power.” WayCertainForceSoundEffectsProduceLettersJewRhythmRepresentativesCompellingDefiniteSequenceMantras Author:Sir John Woodroffe
“It is not always needful for truth to take a definite shape; it is enough if it hovers about us like a spirit and produces harmony; if it is wafted through the air like the sound of a bell, grave and kindly.” IfsEnoughTruthSpiritSoundAirProduceShapesHarmonyGravesBellsDefinite Book:Maxims and Reflections Source: Maxims and Reflections
“I definitely prefer things to be dark, I definitely prefer things to not be particularly obvious. I like a lot of mystery in music, and I like it when things don't sound just like what they sound like always. But at the same time I like everything to sound very earnest and honest. So I don't really think that I have a definite stamp, but if people see that, that's awesome.” PeopleIfsThinkingSoundDarkMysteryHonestObviousDefiniteStampsEarnest Author:John Congleton
“By 'coming to terms with life' I mean: the reality of death has become a definite part of my life; my life has, so to speak, been extended by death, by my looking death in the eye and accepting it, by accepting destruction as part of life and no longer wasting my energies on fear of death or the refusal to acknowledge its inevitability. It sounds paradoxical: by excluding death from our life we cannot live a full life, and by admitting death into our life we enlarge and enrich it.” MeanRealityEyeEnergySpeakSoundTermAcceptingOur LivesDestructionAcknowledgeDefiniteFear Of DeathRefusalParts Of LifeAdmittingInevitabilityParadoxicalFull LifeReality Of Death Author:Etty Hillesum
“Although music appeals simply to the emotions, and represents no definite images in itself, we are justified in using any language which may serve to convey to others our musical expressions. Words will often pave the way for the more subtle operations of music, and unlock the treasures which sound alone can rifle, and hence the eternal popularity of song.” WayMaySongLanguageSoundEmotionExpressionEternalMusicalTreasureAppealsOperationsSubtlePopularityDefiniteJustifiedRiflesMusical Expression Book:Music and morals Source: Music and morals
“How can one express the indefinable sensations that one experiences while writing an instrumental composition that has no definite subject? It is a purely lyrical process. It is a musical confession of the soul, which unburdens itself through sounds just as a lyric poet expresses himself through poetry...As the poet Heine said, 'Where words leave off, music begins.'” WritingSaidSoulProcessSoundMusicSubjectsPoetMusic IsMusicalSensationsConfessionCompositionDefiniteLyricalIndefinable Author:Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
“Poetry is that magic which consists in awakening sensations with the help of a combination of sounds ... that sorcery by which ideas are necessarily communicated to us, in a definite way, by words which nevertheless do not express them.” WayArtIdeasHelpingPoetrySoundMagicAwakeningCombinationPoetry IsSensationsNeverthelessDefiniteSorcery Author:John Banville