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Quotes About Rhythm

Daisy began to sing with the music in a husky, rhythmic whisper, bringing out a meaning in each word that it had never had before and would never have again. When the melody rose her voice broke up sweetly, following it, in a way contralto voices have, and each change tipped out a little of her warm human magic upon the air.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dal mio quarto piano sull'infinito, nella plausibile intimità della sera che sopraggiunge, a una finestra che dà sull'inizio delle stelle, i miei sogni si muovono con l'accordo di un ritmo, con una distanza rivolta verso viaggi a paesi ignoti, o ipotetici, o semplicemente impossibili.
~ Fernando Pessoa
Que de tu cuerpo de ánfora inútil sepa yo extraer el alma de los nuevos versos y de tu ritmo lento de ola efímera, sepan mis dedos temblorosos buscar las líneas pérfidas de una prosa virgen de ser oída.
~ Fernando Pessoa
Sometimes the mere rhythm of a sentence will require God instead of the Gods; at other times the two syllables of 'the Gods' will be necessary, and I'll verbally change universe; on still other occasions what will matter is an internal rhyme, a metrical displacement, or a burst of emotion, and polytheism or monotheism will prevail accordingly. The Gods are contingent on style.
~ Fernando Pessoa
If she hears anything, it's tambourines, and nobody can march to them. You can't do anything but dance to tambourines, and the likes of us will never catch the rhythm.
~ Ferrol Sams
I'm a big fan of music. I need to be listening to music most of the time during the day.
~ Dale Earnhardt Jr.
I always had a fascination with music.
~ Miguel
I don't think baseball is ever going to be the fast-paced game that football or basketball is. It's never going to be constant action. That's never how the game is played.
~ Christian Yelich
One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.
~ Lech Walesa
Starting you automatically gets into your rhythm faster. Coming off the bench, you're colder; it can be harder at times.
~ Malcolm Brogdon
Rock guitar is one of my favourite sounds.
~ Trombone Shorty
Good sounds, they just make you feel good.
~ Jason Isbell
I just put my feet in the air and move them around.
~ Fred Astaire
Sometimes it's a bit hard for a person to get the rhythm of music from the ear to the feet, but that's a matter of coordination.
~ Cyd Charisse
I come from a long line of people who express themselves through the dance. I come from a long line of people who create music through their feet.
~ Savion Glover
I've always felt like I can dance.
~ Miles Teller
I think I can keep a rhythm to a beat, but there are quite a few people who would argue with me.
~ Matthew McConaughey
I like to have a few things going on at once. It feels natural.
~ Mike Patton
I'm a distance fighter - if you've seen me fight, I like ducking in and out.
~ Robert Whittaker
Definitely dub is in my body forever. I think I hear everything through a dub filter. Even when I play rock music, I play through a dub filter.
~ Meshell Ndegeocello
My first job was with The O'Jays playing drums.
~ Jeffrey Osborne
Music is my first love, as it's in my blood.
~ Himesh Reshammiya
My first love was being a dancer.
~ Nick Young
First of all I listen to music. I like music.
~ Gyorgy Ligeti