Rutina Wesley Quotes

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

Its rock n' roll that has done my hearing in.

I don't go to see bands any more because I've got tinnitus, so I have to avoid loud music. You get used to it, but when it's quiet you hear a constant ringing.

I have terrible hearing trouble. I have unwittingly helped to invent and refine a type of music that makes its principal proponents deaf.

I've had tinnitus for about ten years, and since I started protecting my ears it hasn't got any worse - touch wood.

I've always worn earplugs, but I'm sure my hearing's not great.

My ears are shot. I'm a musician.

I've seen Animal Collective live, and I suffered permanent hearing loss from that show!

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.

I shot with it a lot. I still do now. That is why I am hard of hearing.

My hearing after 50 years of playing music sometimes isn't too great.

I've had tinnitus for about 10 years, but since I started protecting my ears it hasn't got any worse. Looking after your ears is unfortunately something you don't think about until there's a problem. I wish I'd thought about it earlier.

Of course, I also attribute some of my hearing loss to being in the infantry in World War II. It's probably a combination of heredity and noise exposure.

I carry out my full duties as Deputy First Minister and accept I have tinnitus but appreciate the hearing that I do have and that it does not limit me in a professional or personal capacity.

Looking after your ears is unfortunately something you don't think about until there's a problem.

Going to any loud place is terrible for me. I'm bad at loud restaurants.

I have really severe tinnitus.

My hearing is usually O.K.

Only dead people need loud music, you know.

The world's worst is when you find yourself going like Mother Hubbard and cupping your hand behind your ear. I was a major glutton for volume: 'Gotta feel it, gotta hear it.' Sooner or later you're going to pay the reaper.

We suspect Dr. Clutterbuck's sense of hearing must be injured: for him the 'ear trumpet' magnifies but distorts sound, rendering it less distinct than before.

Nothing is going to improve my hearing. I've only got to prevent it from getting worse.

I'm half deaf. I have nerve damage and a constant ringing in both of my ears, and there are certain times and conditions when I can hardly hear at all.

It's no fun getting older. I might be wearing beautiful diamond earrings, but they can't take away the pain of losing my hearing.

I can't sleep without the TV on. It doesn't matter where it is. I don't like silence. My ears ring from loud music.