It's a question of trying to take down by dictation what's already there. I'm not making something, I'm trying to hear it. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes dictation hear make
It's a relief to hear the rain. It's the sound of billions of drops, all equal, all equally committed to falling, like a sudden outbreak of democracy. Water, when it hits the ground, instantly becomes a puddle or rivulet or flood. Alice Oswald billioncommitdemocracy share on social
Topsoil is a place of digestion. It sucks and chews things into smaller pieces. When it's hungry, it turns grey and stony; when it's thirsty, it opens thousands of cracked lips. Subsoil is more skeletal: it doesn't digest. Alice Oswald chewcrackdigest share on social
Most spiders eat and remake their webs every night. Alice Oswald eatnightremake Change image and share on social
I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way. Scarlett Johansson determinegirlhave Change image and share on social
I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish. Trey Anastasio contextdreamfinish Change image and share on social
I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation. Harriet Beecher Stowe dictationgodwrite Change image and share on social