Sound Making Quotes

I think, as human beings, we all have a fundamental mode, a basic way of relating to the rest of reality, and for me, it's always instinctively been about sound making and trying to extract information, grammar, meaning from sound making. That's been my way of navigating reality that's very personal; a painter might say they make marks or look.

You can't get so interested in just making sounds. The point of it all is some kind of expression.

Playing the violin and singing and whistling are just three different ways of making sound.

As a child, I was always making sound; it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing; it freed me from all the thoughts in my head. I begged for opera lessons because opera singing is the most formidable, most emotional way to use your voice.

A lot of people's favorite rappers will literally get in the booth and just make sounds.

This is just what I do, play music and create sounds and all that good stuff.

Anything you strike, anything you shake or rattle, or just anything that can be picked up, and you can create a sound.

Playing the violin and singing and whistling are just three different ways of making sound. It's not trying to replace a band, per se. It's become a completely different thing. And it's not just simply an effect. It's just a very surprisingly intuitive thing.