(46 quotes found)
“He's the guy with the accent.”
Tim Farriss
“the so-called ‘Negro dialect’ is simply a variation on the ordinary Southern accent.”
Thomas Sowell
“[Indeed, despite a Teutonic accent, Zawinul contradicts stereotypes about his Austrian heritage that he should be playing Mozart and Beethoven.] There is another Austria, ... much less known, and that is the folk music of Austria. Even the way we speak is very musical, like a walking jazz bass. Classical music is so dusty that the dust has dust. And much of jazz is following in the same dusty path, recreating its glories rather than moving forward.”
Joe Zawinul
“I wanted the person with the Southern accent to be the smartest person in the room.”
James Duff
“Professor Stokes has a more cultured accent, and in many ways, he is the hardest one to do, because he is closest to my own voice.”
Thayer David
“It can be the trim or accent or the main fabrication. Garments can be constructed completely of lace, they can be made with rigid lace or with stretch. ... Many have a special treatment that provides a softer feel. It doesn't affect elasticity or ease of motion, it just makes it feel softer.”
Barbara Lipton
“You can decide to put a piece in the center and use it as a decorative accent, so we're putting a center tile that matches our edge tiles.”
Teresa Follmer
“I still get that. I tell them they are the ones with the accent, not me.”
Sean McCurdy
“One of the interpreters hired by CBS for the Dan Rather/Saddam Hussein interview adopted a phony Arabic accent. You know, maybe CBS should have hired somebody with a fake Dan Rather accent to ask tougher questions.”
Jay Leno
“And they both had the same accent.”
Frank Wiedner