Personal Sound Quotes

I don't know, I really try not to pay attention to comparisons, 'cause I'm my own artist. I try to build my own sound.

Of course, Paul McCartney's sound is different from mine, but it's the way you hear things, really.

I never consciously tried to conceive of what my sound should be.

I don't think anyone has the same music sound as me. I can't think of anyone else.

That's what I was trying to say when we were talking about sound. I think that every person, whether they play music or don't play music, has a sound - their own sound, that thing that you're talking about.

I don't feel like I sound like anybody from Houston. I don't really feel like I have that Houston flow, that Houston sound. I feel like it's a mixture of all the things I've listened to growing up, or even my mom, in a way. I feel like I have my own style.

A lot of people say I got my own sound. I ain't never really got no comparisons. When people hear my music, they be like, 'He got his own lil sound.'

I never consciously tried to conceive of what my sound should be...I never tried to imitate anybody, but when you love somebody's music, you're influenced...I really don't know how I developed my sound, but it comes from a combination of my musical conception and no doubt the basic shape of the oral cavity.

Nobody else can make the sound you make.

I'm better for it and I prefer to keep things simple and see what sounds I can get out of my head and hands rather than relying on a sound that someone else created.

Because of Billy Joel, I've been playing piano since I was knee high. The house was always full of music, so of course he's influenced me, but I think I've also developed my own sound. He's also been really good about giving me advice, which I think has helped me really stay true to what I want to do musically.

And if somebody's going to produce me, they should be producing my sound for me. And that's something I have to come up with myself.

The combination of experience and experimentation will ultimately yield a personal sound.

I want to play guitar, piano, drums, write songs for other people. I can do punk - I can do indie - but as long as it has my voice, it'll always be my sound.

People often ask me how I developed my vocal sound, and the answer usually disappoints them: 'It's just the way I sound when I sing.'

I can say this much with confidence - that I now have a sound of my own

For me my work is always being compared to my heritage. It has been quite a challenge unto itself just to drop into my voice and develop my individuated sound.

As an artist, I try not to sound the same as others. Or even as myself.

When I try to sound like the contemporary sound, it never turns out that way. That's just me.

I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound.

The modern recording studio, with its well-trained engineers, 24-track machines and shiny new recording consoles, encourages the artist to get involved with sound. And there have always been artists who could make the equipment serve their needs in a highly personal way - I would single out the Beatles, Phil Spector, the Beach Boys and Thom Bell.

You don't really learn how to write songs; you learn to develop as a writer, and you get to meet lots of musicians and figure out what kind of sound you want. You have the time to just develop and try different styles, and that's what I did.

You can muck around with different guitars for certain bits, but you have to have your own sound. That's your benchmark, that's your sound. I also play a Black Beauty. It sounds amazing.

I really feel like I honed in on a sound and a style of writing that best fits me.

I listen to all kinds of music and sometimes I try to do something that's referential to an era or a genre, but it still sounds like me.