In the 19th century, we didn’t much like the loud annexationist voices south of the border or American support for Sinn Fein adventurers who thought, by seizing the Canadian colonies, they could force Britain out of Ireland.
We would play in this little room in my houseand my parents would bang on the walls: ‘Stop playing so loud!’
I can’t learn lines comfortably unless I have it done out loud with someone else.
My mom made me watch ‘Star Wars’ for the first time when I was about 7 years old. When I was younger, I hated action movies and pretty much anything loud. So when she put it on, I covered my ears and ran out of the room.
St. Louis is a good example of a vibrant city. Having stayed in a hotel in 2011 overlooking Cardinals stadium when they won the World Series, their fans definitely show up loud and proud.
And remember: without you, all we are is loud. No pressure.
I think it’s fantastic when the young enrage their elders. I really do believe that if it’s too loud, you are indeed too old, and that if it has been standing for too long, it needs a thorough inspection.
School was tough. My ‘friend’ group consisted of two girls I had known since Year 7. We initially got on well but as the years went on, they’d tell me I was too loud, too in-your-face, that I laughed too much.
To be honest, because there’s loud music in my ears probably three hours a day, between sound check and the show, I listen to podcasts more than I listen to music on the road.
I was completely shocked – two Grammy nominations. I’ve said it out loud to myself about 100 times.
When you come into my pieces, it’s not an intellectual experience, it’s a physical experience. It’s coming at your body. There’s light, there’s sound, the lights in some pieces are going on and off. There’s loud roaring sound happening.
I was always very extroverted and loud.
I’ve always been loud.
Singing for stage, if you don’t hear yourself, that’s when you push, and that’s when you can hurt your voice sometimes. So if I can hear myself in my ear, it really helps me to find that balance of how loud I needed to be singing.
We need to laugh and laugh loud because this is the only way to handle stress.
In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you’re a great writer, you must say that you are.
We listened to a lot of Rolling Stones and Beatles records when we were recording. They were really good at not playing loud, but generating really big sounds out of everything.
I play loud onstage for my own benefit as I like. But I’m not too fond of the P.A. either.
