“People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because they're going deaf, it has to be played louder still.”

“There is no need for words in the world of classical music. Silence speaks louder here.”

“The whole trouble with a folk song is that once you have played it through there is nothing much you can do except play it over again and play it rather louder. Most Russian music, indeed, consists in ringing changes on this device, skilfully disguised though the fact may be.”

“the words people do not speak are louder than the ones they do.”

“We're going to have to let truth scream louder to our souls than the lies that have infected us.”

“Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.”

“Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.”

“In today's modern digital era, is it still possible for a government that tends to be tyrannical and despotic to silence voices that oppose it? I don't think so, because nowadays even a silenced voice can have a louder echo than the original voice.”

“It’s said that actions speak louder than words,” he went on, “but we still need words. We need to speak and we need to be heard.”

“A boo is a lot louder than a cheer, if you have 10 people cheering and one person booing all you hear is the booing.”