Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. W. Somerset Maugham
The '80s seem a real positive force. The '70s were deadening, in a lot of ways. Paul Kantner
The way they had the room that I was in set up, there was some sort of sound deadening platform that I had to stand on in order to get close enough to the microphone. Phil Harris
