I think what makes me stand out from the rest is my melodic style combined with my voice, which has a distinct character to it.
I have my own thing that I do really well, but it's not singing. It's more of a screaming-type thing.
There's a guy in the audience with a distinctive laugh. I hope that guy is miked. The only problem with having a distinctive laugh is I know exactly when that guy isn't laughing. "Oh, distinctive laugh doesn't think that joke was funny!"
Everyone has their own sound, and if you're heard enough, folks will come to recognize it. Style however, is a different thing. Try to express your own ideas. It's much more difficult to do, but the rewards are there if you're good enough to pull it off.
Our sound is different because it's who we are as a band.
When I'm writing with Tony Iommi, for example, still it's very easy. We go in, and I know exactly what his style is. It's very distinctive, and you know exactly what he's looking for, and we know exactly where we're going from the first chord.
Every album has its own character.
What makes Avenged so exciting to me musically is that people either love us or hate us, but nobody sounds like us.
..I wanted to create music that was so different that my mother could tell me from anyone else
My guitar style was developed during that 10-year period. That's me. That's the way I play, and I don't wish to play any other way. Our own individual identities are firmly stamped on this album.
Garbage. It's a natural quality of huskiness in the midrange of my voice that I call 'garbage.' It's not a clear-toned announcer's voice. It's more like the voice of the guy next door.
In fact, a lot of critics seemed to consider R.E.M. the first American music since the '60s to break out on its own and develop a stand-alone sound.
B-52's are one of the most unique bands, not just sonically but aesthetically, too. When you look at them, you know it's the B-52's.
A lot of people talk to me about writing lyrics and it is obvious they are really paying attention to the fact that ours are different from a lot of other bands.
One thing that you hope for when you want to be a musician is that you have that recognizable sound.
I love listening to other musicians and seeing what they do to gain their distinctive respective sounds and edge.
My favorite sound is definitely mules. If it was an instrument, it's really pingthe touch of the black keys of the piano.
In terms of the production, the style I use is what I see as the 'Lisa Stansfield sound' and I would hope that when anyone puts on one of my songs they don't even have to listen to my voice to know this is a Lisa Stansfield song, because of the way it sounds.
When we come on the radio, people will go, 'That's Old Dominion,' 'cause it's a sound that can only be made by whatever the five of us make together.
An operatic voice is like no other.
Brownstein's is a fresh and jaunty voice, with a jazz snap all his own.
U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone.
My nasal voice has given me recognition.
If you have a tone like mine that is recognizable. No matter what I play, when you hear my tone you can tell it's me.
The Bay, they got their own sound, they don't try to be like nobody. They smooth out there.
