Scott Kelly Quotes

The atmosphere defines the environment of sound.

People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because they're going deaf, it has to be played louder still.

I'm an acoustical person.

The sound levels on stage were so loud with all that constant banging and smash, smash, smash; it did untold damage to the fine nerve endings in the inner ear, though it is worse in the left, which is the side of my snare drum and the monitor.

We honestly cannot hear sometimes because the audiences are so loud.

The neighbors prefer I don't do vocals at night. It gets a little iffy when I'm screaming.

I'm very good at blocking out noise.

It's not like I actually understand the properties of sound.

Noise has one advantage. It drowns out words.

The International Space Station is a great place to live for a year.

There are definitely parts of Asia, Central America that when you look at them from space, you're always looking through a haze of pollution. As far as the atmosphere is concerned, and being able to see the surface, you know, I would say definitely those areas that I mentioned look kind of sick.

When I told people in Dubai that I am going to leave my job here and head to Mumbai, they were convinced that I will not survive in the dust, grime, pollution.

I carry earplugs and use them even when it's quiet.

Living someplace like L.A. seemed awful to me.

No major technological change has ever been instituted by mankind without an array of negative consequences. The motor car has meant liberation for millions, but it has also caused congestion, environmental damage, and a disturbing death toll on the roads.

These days, you're always surrounded by music and sounds, whether you're in the mall or a subway car.

Leaving the space station was bittersweet - I had been there for a long time and looked forward to leaving, but it is a remarkable place.

The outside noise is something I try not to listen to.

I've flown in space four times now, so it's going to be hard in that respect, but I certainly look forward to going back to Earth. I've been up here for a really long time and sometimes, when I think about it, I feel like I've lived my whole life up here.

Technology is improving to prevent musicians from losing their hearing while performing on stage... audience members losing their hearing from listening to loud music… people being able to experience music not just with their ears, but with touch or with through their eyes.

People say it's a quiet flow, that it sounds like I'm in a library. That could have come from when I was living in my old place, a nice loft. I was the youngest person in the building, and I would be working alone on my music. I would get emails two or three times a month about 'loud' music, so I became quieter and quieter about making beats.

L.A.'s a lot of noise and stuff. You always hear cars and stuff.

I've been singing quieter because I live in a thin-walled apartment.

In developed countries, strong rules are in place to restrict sound pollution and curb its deadly effects. As law-abiding citizens with social responsibility, we should all come together against this unhealthy trend.

I love working at NASA, but the part that has been the most satisfying on a day-to-day basis, hour-to-hour, minute-to-minute, has been working on board the space station. Even if I'm just cleaning the vents in the fans, it all is important.