513 quotes found
“There is a world of communication which is not dependent on words.”
“Within speech, words are subject to a kind of relation that is independent of the first and based on their linkage: these are syntagmatic relations, of which I have spoken.”
“Be not a slave of words.”
“We don't communicate in full sentences anyway. We don't need all those words.”
“If you write a blog post, you've got something to say; you're not just creating words and synonyms. We'd like the computers to actually pick up on that semantic meaning.”
“Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.”
“Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich.”
“I had a teacher who stressed for me the importance of diction in terms of... I want to be very careful about how I say this... in terms of supporting one's voice when one is singing. In other words...”
“Sometimes I wish my first word was 'quote,' so that on my death bed, my last words could be 'end quote.'”
“When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.”
“Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you. It speaks to your livelihood and it's not compromi...”
“Music comes to me more readily than words.”
“If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.”
“People often complain that music is too ambiguous, that what they should think when they hear it is so unclear, whereas everyone understands words. With me, it is exactly the opposite, and not only...”
“When a singer truly feels and experiences what the music is all about, the words will automatically ring true.”
“I can write music but I'm not much for words.”
“Emphasis on the common emotive or affective origins of music and words in the first cries of humankind undermines words.”
“The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would b...”
“Over the years, music put a weapon in my hand and words in my mouth, it backed me up and shielded me, it shook me and scared me and showed me the way; music opened me up to living and being and fee...”
“When words leave off, music begins.”
