Quotes About Groove

Any time I'm trying to find that groove on a big tempo song, I go back and listen to some Aerosmith records. 'Love in an Elevator,' 'Rag Doll,' all that stuff was really great music. It's something that I still dig and go back and listen to.

I prefer playing in songs where I have a tempo, groove and harmonic map to hang on to.

It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing

You can't really dance properly to James Brown. If you dance to James Brown, you look like an idiot. There's a lot of jerking.

I know that a song is working when I can properly dance on it.

Having my son on drums has made a huge difference. I can't stress this strongly enough, in terms of the groove space and style that Joachim gave me to instinctively play what I felt in a more free way, rather than feeling constricted. That's true on record and on stage.

Besides, taking a chance on romance is a dance in tight pants. It's risky but frisky. But make the right move and your in the groove.

The bass player's function, along with the drums, is to be the engine that drives the car... everything else is merely colours.

I've always gravitated towards the beats, obviously. And when I was growing up, I always loved funk music or even - dare I say it - disco.

Well, I try to be as funky as I need to get.

When I started playing, I played in R&B bands. I played James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding and all that.

There's a certain groove you pick that makes the music flow, and when you have it it's in your pocket. It's the feeling behind the rhythm... to me, the hardest thing to strive for is that feeling, behind the groove.

The one thing I've always demanded of the records I've made is that they be danceable.

Hop on the good foot and do the bad thing.

What people would qualify as R&B is, for me, just soul. And I love honesty and soul and heavy, crunchy beats that move you and make you breathe a little bit faster.

I quite often listen to Internet radio; especially the RnB section if I am jumpy.

I am the 'Cosmic Dancer' who dances his way out of the womb and into the tomb on 'Electric Warrior.' I'm not frightened to get up there and groove about in front of six million people on TV because it doesn't look cool. That's the way I would do it at home.

There's something about live players that you cannot get with machines: With live musicians, you can strike a groove, you can feed off each other... And, even though somebody might make a slight mistake, it's all real!

Having my son on drums has made a huge difference. I can't stress this strongly enough, in terms of the groove space and style that Joachim gave me to instinctively play what I felt in a more free way, rather than feeling constricted. That's true on record and on stage.

Funk never dies. It is eternal. It just smells a little different from time to time.

There is a time to dance to techno and a time not to.

You're a sick woman. In a state of physical weakness it's so much easier to function in the groove you know. It seems to hold you together.

I love funk! That's the music I grew up on.

A great way to get your rhythm playing together is to work with a drummer, preferably someone that has a good groove and plays solidly in time.