Sound Quotes - Page 25

• Shania Twain brought a whole other fan base to country music with her sound, the way the videos were produced.

  Faith Hill

  Country, Fans, Video

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• These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Music, Men, Pigs

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• Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Cities, Chicago, Comfort

  Oliver Wendell Holmes (2007). “Poems 2”, p.236, Reprint Services Corporation

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• Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.

  Kin Hubbard

  Peace, Average, Literature

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• This is going to sound really funny. I have a poster of Zac Efron on my wall! I think every girl has a poster of him in their room so, why not join the club!

  Vanessa Hudgens

  Funny, Girl, Wall

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• To be a philosophical sceptic is, in a man of letters, the first and most essential to being a sound, believing Christian.

  David Hume

  Christian, Believe, Philosophical

  David Hume (1826). “The Philosophical Works: Including All the Essays, and Exhibiting the More Important Alterations and Corrections in the Successive Ed. Publ. by the Author”, p.548

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• I know it sounds corny, but when you follow your dreams, it happens. And if it's music, take it seriously.

  Enrique Iglesias

  Dream, Corny, Happens

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm so happy people are seeing the eclectic side of me. I'm really honored to be able to push my voice into different sounds. Otherwise it all gets a bit samey same.

  Jessie J

  Voice, People, Eclectic Style

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Do what you love; you'll be better at it. It sounds pretty simple, but you'd be surprised how many people don't get this one right away.

  LL Cool J

  Love You, Simple, People

  FaceBook post by LL Cool J from Apr 25, 2013

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• The people who go get an LL album want to hear LL. They don't want to hear LL trying to sound like DMX or whoever else is out there. That's not what they want to hear from me, because if they want to hear that they can go get the real thing.

  LL Cool J

  Real, People, Trying

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• I know it sounds corny, man, but I like to bring folks joy, and I like to have a good time. I know folks like to be with somebody who's having a good time. You sure as hell don't want to be with somebody who's having a bad day.

  Wolfman Jack

  Bad Day, Men, Joy

  "Wolfman Jack signs off at 57", www.cnn.com. July 2, 1995.

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• Listening to soft music and the sound of the ocean is quite relaxing to me.

  LaToya Jackson

  Ocean, Listening

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• I don't want to sound too silly or pretentious about this, but, you know, I love being in Paris. I love working at Louis Vuitton. I love fashion. That's why I do it. No one's forcing me to do this. And nobody forces anyone to buy it. It's a real love affair.

  Marc Jacobs

  Fashion, Real, Silly

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• A new era in the physiological investigation of linguistic sounds was opened up by X-ray photography.

  Roman Jakobson

  Photography, Eras, Rays

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• There's been a progression in my sound.

  Carly Rae Jepsen

  Progression

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• This is going to sound horrible, but I don't even know how much I make in a year. It must be, you know, a couple of million dollars, a few million. I know it's more money than my dad, a jail guard, made in his lifetime; more money than I'll ever need.

  Penn Jillette

  Couple, Dad, Years

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Your limitations create your sound.

  Norah Jones

  Limitation

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• I think it's important for people who love music to retain physical CDs or even vinyl, because it sounds so great and so much warmer than music over the internet.

  Norah Jones

  Thinking, Cds, People

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• A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer - you put a great song on top of that, you're really in great shape!

  Quincy Jones

  Song, Shapes, Singers

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• I want to work with producers who are unique and have a different sound.

  Victoria Justice

  Unique, Different, Want

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• I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and all of those sounds and souls of Motown filled the house.

  Jay-Z

  Mom, House, Soul

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• Nobody sounds good writing about your divorce, let's face it.

  Mary Karr

  Writing, Divorce, Faces

  "Mary Karr Speaks To HuffPost Books About Her New Memoir 'Lit'" by Steve Ross, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• I am shocked that Republicans can't explain why our technological and economic advantages are the result of sound monetary and economic policy.

  Jack Kemp

  Republican, Economic, Advantage

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• The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.

  Jackie Kennedy

  Horse, History, Political

  Quoted in Peter Collier and David Horowitz, The Kennedys (1984)

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• To wake up to the sound of my son saying 'Mama, mama!' It's the best sound ever.

  Miranda Kerr

  Son, Wake Up, Mama

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