Quotes About Acoustics

#1. In New York the acoustics are good for laughter, for life is all external, all action, no thought, no meditation, no dreaming, no reflection, only the exuberance of action.

Anais Nin

#2. The acoustics seem to get louder

Hugh Johns

#3. At first acoustics attributed to the different sounds only a limited number of characteristic features.

Roman Jakobson

#4. Performing arts buildings are complex. The acoustics, the sight lines and all that have to just be perfect. So you begin with just making these things sublime as musical instruments. And if you fail there, you have failed it all.

Moshe Safdie

#5. I prefer to sing in the shower 'cause the acoustics are really, really good, I mean, when you're singing against the tile walls then you really hear yourself, hear your voice, you know, throwing itself back at you.

Thia Megia

#6. I think it's one of my favourite theatres ever, so quirky and wonderful and steeped in history. The space is wonderful and the acoustics are brilliant.

Louise Jameson

#7. Stradivarius, in particular, was the most amazing craftsman and one of the great artists and scientists that ever lived because he figured out something with the sound and the science of acoustics that we still don't understand it completely.

Joshua Bell

#8. A few days ago I walked along the edge of the lake and was treated to the crunch and rustle of leaves with each step I made. The acoustics of this season are different and all sounds, no matter how hushed, are as crisp as autumn air.

Eric Sloane

#9. We have traveled through space and time. We have been many places. Visited many worlds. And there is good news: the acoustics everywhere are terrific.

Libba Bray

#10. I like those older theaters - the acoustics are perfect, I mean, you just have that feel of there's been a thousand shows in there and now you get to be one.

Billy Gardell

#11. I really think the acoustics that Gibson's been making for the last ten years or so are as good as any the company has ever produced and that's saying a lot.

Bill Mumy

#12. The magic of film isn't just because of the big screen, or the acoustics, but the ineffable shared experience of going to the movies.

Fernando Perez

#13. Although a crisp texture is the single most prized quality in an apple - even more desirable than taste, according to one study - crispness is more a matter of acoustics than of mouth feel.

John Seabrook

#14. I prefer to sing in the shower because the acoustics make you sound great, baby.

Naima Adedapo

#15. With real estate, it's location, location, location. In public speaking, it's acoustics, acoustics, acoustics.

Christopher Buckley

#16. I'll say this for the celestial spheres, though: great acoustics. We're talking Platonic ideals here. Pythagoras would have smashed his corny little harp across his knee if he'd heard it.

Ian Tregillis

#17. The great problem of the concert hall is that the shoebox is the ideal shape for acoustics but that no architect worth their names wants to build a shoebox.

Rem Koolhaas

#18. Acoustics reverberate inside of Lucy Anna, bouncing off her walls and slamming against her bars. Harmonic prison.

Kelby Losack

#19. I've always been interested in finding out more about the properties of acoustics.

Z'EV

#20. Skiffle was blues featuring a washboard and acoustic instruments. It encompassed blues, with elements of folk, jazz, and, at times, American country-and-western music.

Van Morrison

#21. Bruce Marshall's acoustic set gets a big thumbs up from me.

Kenny Loggins

#22. Cubism ('multi-locationalism') is one of the painterly forms of acoustic space.

Marshall McLuhan

#23. When I was playing with synth players, I was still within a conceptual framework of playing music. When I started playing solo, I became much more aware of the acoustic phenomena that the instruments were producing.

Z'EV

#24. So acoustic, I don't even need a pick.

Lights

#25. Medieval and ancient sensibility now dominates our time as acoustic and multisensory awareness displaces the merely visual.

Marshall McLuhan

#26. Well, I have been playing electric guitar all these years and acoustic was something new to me.

Gary Moore

#27. Utilizing a unique acoustic blend never heard previously, the Aaron O'Rourke Trio has made a fine debut recording that is sure to please old and new grass fans alike.

David Grisman

#28. I like music that is really pure and honest. For me, acoustic music, like a piece played on the piano, is very personal.

Shook

#29. I'd love to do an acoustic album alright, just on stage. That'd be nice.

Damien Dempsey

#30. If you were a performer that only had an acoustic instrument, back in the day you couldn't hide behind your guitar pedals or the production or the vibe. There was performance and then there was the song, and that was all that you had.

Will Sheff

#31. Oftentimes the most produced and synth-tastic songs are the ones that end up sounding the best acoustic.

Emily Haines

#32. Neighbors are far better acoustic analyzers for determining the quality of their life versus any acoustic instrument left unattended by an expert.

Stephen Ambrose

#33. I don't touch electric guitars. It's just not my thing - I stick with acoustic guitars only.

Dave Matthews

#34. Technology was something I avoided when I started out - I didn't even have electric guitars. Only played acoustic.

Beck

#35. I really enjoy playing solo acoustic. I think it's good for me as a songwriter to stay in touch with what it takes to make a song work by yourself.

Jeff Tweedy

#36. I tried playing electric for awhile and it just didn't work out. My reflexes are centered on the six string acoustic. I just played the electric too hard and it sounded awful, so I gave it up.

Tom Rush

#37. No other acoustic instrument can match the piano's expressive range, and no electric instrument can match its mystery.

Kenneth R. Miller