Noise Quotes - Page 32

• For me, noise is not something I use to shock, or because it's funny, or weird, or whatever. I use it because I find it beautiful.

  Christian Fennesz

  Beautiful, Use, Shock

  Interview with Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. March 1, 2002.

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• For me, there is a strong hypnotic power in noise-music, and that's something I don't want to leave out of my music anymore.

  Christian Fennesz

  Strong, Want, Hypnotic

  Interview with Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. March 1, 2002.

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• You can look at a finale as chance to make an impact or a statement, to shock people or shoot a big cannon and make a loud noise.

  Alex Hirsch

  Impact, People, Looks

  "'See you next summer': Alex Hirsch says goodbye to Gravity Falls". Interview with Erik Adams, tv.avclub.com. February 19, 2016.

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• If you see really bright lights, or hear really loud noises, go towards them, don't run away from anything. It's like giving someone instructions on how to handle a bear, don't run away from it. Stand up and try to make yourself look as big as possible. Don't give it the signal that it should chase you. And that's the case with the after death visions. Don't go for dark seductive lights, go only for bright lights.

  Robert Thurman

  Running, Dark, Light

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• When I first started writing, there was no way I'd write a sex scene. That just seemed impossible. That's why in "Fight Club" all the sex happens off-screen. It's all just a noise on the other side of the wall or the ceiling. I just couldn't bring to write in a scene like that. So one of the challenges with "Choke" was I wanted to write sex scenes until I was really comfortable just writing them in a very mechanical way.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Sex, Wall, Writing

  "Chuck Palahnuik On "Choke"". Interview with Cole Smithey, www.colesmithey.com. September 24, 2008.

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• I like a strange, wide range of stuff. I like classical music and industrial noise bands. John Waters films and Peanuts cartoons. Barry Manilow and GG Allin. I should have my head examined.

  Brian Pinkerton

  Stuff I Like, Should Have, Water

  Source: www.sfsignal.com

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• Natural light consistently fosters innovation, as does the avoidance of disturbances from noise and extreme temperatures.

  David Livermore

  Light, Innovation, Temperature

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• I am always surprised to go into a bar in Boston and three televisions are playing different channels, all at once. We are constantly surprised by this noise and television. It means that's what we are going to get, because we always get everything eventually.

  John Gimlette

  Mean, Boston, Different

  Source: www.identitytheory.com

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• The noise that we can expect in the future will only increase and we'll be wishing for rural Portugal or something like that.

  John Gimlette

  Wish, Portugal, Increase

  Source: www.identitytheory.com

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• I didn't want to be on a major label. I wanted all the attention and the noise to go away because I wanted to be something a little bit more substantial.

  Beck

  Going Away, Labels, Attention

  "Beck: 15 Years". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. August 17, 2011.

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• It's just a spare room in my apartment. It's very cluttered and not particularly aesthetically inspiring, and it's very un-noise-proof.

  Julia Kent

  Rooms, Proof, Apartment

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I find that I'm always struggling with the noise of the city. When I get a good take, there will be a horn or a siren or something. So it makes me very conscious of outside sounds, which in a way maybe led me to incorporate the field recordings.

  Julia Kent

  Struggle, Cities, Sound

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• When everybody is playing at the same level, there's so much more noise. And there's less incentive for the people who should be rising above that noise to take time and invest in what they're doing. It just becomes about hustling and grabbing attention.

  Colin Meloy

  People, Hustle, Attention

  "The Decemberists' Colin Meloy". Interview with Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. February 14, 2011.

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• Everyone uses noise as a crutch sometimes - I've totally done it. But when you make a good-sounding record there's nothing there but you.

  Ty Segall

  Use, Done, Records

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Nothing is as nice as plugging in your guitar and turning up the volume really loud, just seeing what kind of beautiful noise you can make with it.

  Carrie Brownstein

  Beautiful, Nice, Guitar

  "Carrie Brownstein Talks Sleater-Kinney, Acting, Writing, and More". Interview with Tom Breihan, pitchfork.com. March 25, 2010.

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• One hundred guitarists making lots of noise would not be something you'd want to listen to.

  Glenn Branca

  Want, Hundred, Guitarist

  Interview with Simon Dasher, pitchfork.com. April 30, 2006.

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• My favorite forgotten President in American history is James Buchanan, who in defending really robust and sharp-elbowed debates said, "I like the noise of democracy. I like the sound of people in the streets making noise."

  Jeff Sharlet

  People, President, Democracy

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I had a lot of girls ask me whether it was weird that they didn't make a lot of noise during sex. I would get so irritated that they had learned this.

  Peggy Orenstein

  Girl, Sex, Irritated

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• Hollywood has this incredible ability to make a lot of noise.

  Ian Astbury

  Hollywood, Incredibles, Ability

  "Ian Astbury on the Death of the Rock Star". Interview with Mick Stingley, www.esquire.com. December 27, 2013.

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• So the physicality of that and the just the sheer lack of urban noise and machinery - just the wind, the water and your breath, you know that kind of thing - it was pure poetry and you know I treasure that.

  DJ Spooky

  Wind, Water, Treasure

  Source: bigthink.com

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• You know we're in a planet surrounded by certain kinds of frequencies and noise. The earth's magnetic sphere makes weird sounds. The sun you know the heart of our solar system makes noise. Even interstellar phenomena like black holes. You know people have studied them and a black hole can emit sound in like the range of 20,000 octaves below B flat.

  DJ Spooky

  Heart, People, Black

  Source: bigthink.com

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• There are many reasons why photography does not attract the social and cultural attention it deserves. I would add one more which has received scant attention: it does not make a lot of noise. ... Perhaps photography would be more appreciated if camera shutters fired with the sound of a .357 Magnum.

  Bill Jay

  Photography, Cameras, Sound

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• All I know is "make a joyful noise unto the Lord", and I do that whatever opportunity I get.

  Robert Hood

  Opportunity, Joyful, Lord

  "An Ecumenical Chatter: When Rev Robert Hood Met Fr Alan Green". Interview with Luke Turner, thequietus.com. June 6, 2016.

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• According to Hindu cosmology, we're in the kali yuga, a dark period when the cow of history is balanced precariously on one leg, soon to topple. Then there are our new-age friends who believe that this December we're in for a global cage-rattling which, once the dust has settled, will usher in a great spiritual awakening. Most of this apocalyptic noise appears to be just wishful thinking on the part of people who find life too messy and uncertain for comfort, let alone for serenity and mirth.

  Tom Robbins

  Spiritual, Believe, Dark

  "The Syntax of Sorcery". Interview with Tony Vigorito, realitysandwich.com. June 6, 2012.

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• None of the candidates are ever perfect, ok? Then you have to get them in there and you have to hold them accountable. You have to make noises.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Perfect, Candidates

  "The Lenny Interview: Marian Wright Edelman". Interview with Jurnee Smollett-bell, www.lennyletter.com. April 8, 2016.

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