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Some people think that you have to be the loudest voice in the room to make a difference. That is just not true. Often, the best thing we can do is turn down the volume. When the sound is quieter, you can actually hear what someone else is saying. And that can make a world of difference.

— Nikki Haley

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✓Similar Perspectives

Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.

— Margaret Halsey

Sometimes it's other people's voices you have to shut out.

— Kelly Osbourne

I was taught by my parents that people who are loud don't have anything to say. I've found if you're suggesting quite big changes, a quiet style may be reassuring.

— Bill Drayton

Most people have to talk so they won't hear.

— May Sarton

When people ask me about my dialogue, I say, 'Don't you hear people talking?' That's all I do. I hear a certain type of individual, I decide this is what he should be, whatever it is, and then I hear him. Well, I don't hear anybody that I can't make talk.

— Elmore Leonard

Something that I think I figured out slowly was if you're playing a show and there's a chatter or there is, you know, a lot of noise - people talking or something - I was never the one whose instinct was to try to be louder than them.

— Feist

I've never been this loud personality. I don't dominate the room when I walk into it. I save that for stage.

— Maren Morris

Along the way, I've had different advice from different music producers. I've been told to tone it down, that the quiet parts of my voice are appealing and there's harshness to the loud part of my voice.

— Patty Griffin

When I am in the sound booth, I am trying to convey as much as I can through just my voice.

— Maulik Pancholy

✗Opposing Perspectives

I believe every room speaks, tells you what to do to it. You have to listen to that.

— Nicholas Haslam