Quotes About Groove

When I was growing up and listening to bands like the Dave Clark Five, the groove was what initially got me going. I really like that funky, heavy groove.

There's something about rhythm and bass sections generally, how the bass and drums interact, that's basically the soul of any song.

If some people don't like funk music then it's just the wrong time for them. They will get it. It's addictive.

Once I got my groove in WCW in '97, I'm pretty proud of the things I did there. By the time I got to WWE for DX, I may not have been as quick, but I was so far more well-rounded and a much more of a ring general.

I love that way dance music can put you in a trance.

There's always a transition if you go to a new territory or a new company or a new country or wherever because there's different styles and different crowds that you perform in front of. Of course, it always takes a little bit of time to find your groove.

That's when I'm at my rawest. When I'm performing with the band. It's just like the groove is going, whether we're fast or slow, I can just transport myself.

DROP IT LIKE ITS HAAWWWWWWT

Ron Carter was accompanied by two guitars and playing a Milt Jackson song called "Bags' Groove.

That's the best way to feed the human mind. That's how Bob Marley did it. He never put it in your face. After you got the groove, you were just singing the hooks, because you thought it was cool.

You can't go too far wrong with the Pointer Sisters.

One of my favorite lyrics is 'Clams on the half-shell and roller skate, roller skate.' So they can be just really party-inspiring lyrics or just something brilliant like 'Tutti Frutti.'

When I'm skiing, I listen to electronic music. It's repetitive and let's me get into a groove and crank out the miles.

I love a lot of old disco because it's aerodynamic, smooth, and very seductive.

I love songs that have a rocking and grooving feeling.

I love bass, I really do. Bass is ace!

I was in doubt, and then everything took a hue of unreality, and I did not know what to trust, even the evidence of my own senses. Not knowing what to trust, I did not know what to do; and so had only to keep on working in what had hitherto been the groove of my life. The groove ceased to avail me, and I mistrusted myself.

It's like James Brown used to say... I don't know, but whatever I play it's got to be funky.

I like jamming to rap.

Flow Tribe is a great bunch of New Orleans guys who have that funkiness to them.

I like listening to reggae, hip hop, ragga and R&B when I am skipping.

And whenever I do step away from the Internet or the music too long, it's like I have to slowly get back into myself to get back into the groove.

I love creating music that makes people dance, smile and have a good time.

My song 'Smooth Operator,' I think that's a real simple, easy, sing-a-long kind of song. It's not too complicated.