Quotes About Rhythm

I actually did a project with my puppet one time in fourth grade. I made up a song that went with the rhythm to a song I do now. And I had to make up a song about a penguin and research and put information in the song about a penguin. And I sang it with my duck, because I didn't have a penguin puppet, but close enough.

True Boogie-Woogie I conceive as homogeneous in intention with mine in painting: destruction of melody, which is the equivalent of destruction of natural appearance, and construction through the continuous opposition of pure means - dynamic rhythm.

Pure dance form is not dying.

The Righteous Brothers were purely rhythm and blues, black music.

Music is instant gratification in its purest form.

It's always difficult to define what jazz is or what jazz isn't. To me, the only definition that I can think of is it's music where a lot of different elements are played at the same time. The harmonic, the melodic... You're pushing the boundaries on every level. That could be true of rhythm and blues as well. I'm a musician.

Chubby Checker changed the dance floor.

Actually I dance really well on the floor.

People have always asked me why my favorite event was floor, and my answer was always, 'Because I love to dance!'

You can feel the drums, and you can feel the bass. So, being able to feel the music through the floor, it makes me feel like I'm a part of the band and not just the only person in the room who doesn't really understand what's going on.

When I dance, I picture myself and the floor in my head.

I flow between modern and traditional jazz, between samba and choro - all maybe in a week's time.

It's always been an ebb and flow of interest and energy.

There's times in games where I feel like I can manipulate and control the game by doing a lot of things. And then there's times where I feel like I'm not inside the flow of the game.

Basketball movies don't really accentuate the flow of the game.

I'm a rhythm player. I need to set people up, I need to be in the flow of the game.

People like my beats because of the crazy flow with the hi-hats and the bass.

I just go with the flow, you know.

When I do get in the game, just getting me going. How do you get me going? If that's running plays or things where I can impact and get going. But once I'm in the flow, I'm in the flow. It's hard to get me out of that.

The sense of flowing, which is so crucial to song, is also crucial to poetry.

The more you're playing, the more weeks you're going, the more you're into it, the more everything is flowing together.

When things line up, the music just flows.

I think once you see a couple shots go down, and when you're getting shots in rhythm, the game flows.

Some games you're gonna have seven shots, some games you're gonna have 15, it just ebbs and flows with the game.