Sound Impact Quotes

My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.

The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie.

If sound is music and came from silence, then silence is potentially greater than sound. If the sound is effective, it should actually have a chemical - some sort of physiological - effect on the listener, so he doesn't have to hear that sound again.

Words cannot express quite a lot of feelings, whereas a noise or tone or drone or sound, an accordion falling down a staircase, can somehow capture an emotion much better.

I'm one of those people who says, 'yes, cinema died when they invented sound.'

You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. He's just famous for his sound.

When I was 8 years old, there was a showcase of all the instruments you can learn at my school. This guy was playing the trumpet. I heard it and was like 'Oof I got to learn to play.' The sound - everything was amazing. I was blown away.

The sound when we crash is so loud it's almost impossible.

You get a heck of a sound from the church. Can't you hear it in my voice?

Personally, I think the silent films were more effective for L&H, but the sound was of great value in enhancing the effects - dialog eliminated a lot of action & sight gags - I always feel that 'action' speaks louder than words.

You may be sitting in a room reading this book. Imagine one note struck upon the piano. Immediately that one note is enough to change the atmosphere of the room - proving that the sound element in music is a powerful and mysterious agent, which it would be foolish to deride or belittle.

Hearing is a form of touch. You feel it through your body, and sometimes it almost hits your face.

We often feel sad in the presence of music without words; and often more than that in the presence of music without music.