We never look deeply into the quality of a tree; we never really touch it, feel its solidity, its rough bark, and hear the sound that is part of the tree. Not the sound of wind through the leaves, not the breeze of a morning that flutters the leaves, but its own sound, the sound of the trunk and the silent sound of the roots.
Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.
I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer.
As hard as it is, as ghetto as it is, hip-hop is pop music. It's the sound of music getting out of the ghetto, while rock is looking for a ghetto.
I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.
The empty vessel makes the loudest sound.
Words are mere sound and smoke, dimming the heavenly light.
Literary education is of no value, if it is not able to build up a sound character.
Telemarketers tell me I sound like bill cosby.
Don’t bother fact checking my quotes. If it sounds iconic, I said it.