Tempo Quotes · Page 7

We live in an age of rapid mass media, television, Internet. They determine our tempo, not books.

— Don DeLillo

He dreamed of amassing musicians from all over the world in Woodstock and they would sit in a field in a circle…

— Patti Smith

Through the years I've accumulated this big bag of songs. When I go out I do close to two hours, and it's…

— Toby Keith

Jazz goes into folk music, into rock music. Jazz is in practically everything except classical music where they're reading the same music…

— Van Morrison

There's no similarity between football and ballet, so this ain't ballet music being played on the field. I'm pumping something that's going…

— Cam Newton

You had to keep the mood up; you had to keep the tempo up. You had to keep the feeling of, "Hey,…

— Bill Murray

I would describe my style for those who haven't listened to my music as definitely..up-tempo. I try to have something nice, something…

— Kid Ink

I make a lot of music for different people. My audience is varied so I use different tempos for different music in…

— Sizzla

I tend to gravitate toward ballads and mid-tempo songs.

— Charles Kelley

There was no let-up. The tempo was always moderate but steady. If a new guy decided to pick up the pace, that's…

— John L. Parker Jr

I know the world doesn't need maybe another of [a particular type of song] - the same thing again - but you…

— Stephen Malkmus

I am a big nut for kind of weird musicality things. I love key-changes and random tempo things and polyrhythms - music…

— Thomston

I've used [drum machine] because I have to have the perfect tempo.

— Miles Davis

The golf swing is very, very rhythmic. There's a certain tempo to it, just like in music.

— Justin Timberlake

We ran an up-tempo, transition-style of game at Boston College - very similar to what we ran when I played for Arnold.

— Bob Cousy

London's tempo is 122.86 beats per minute.

— David Byrne

The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.

— Ezra Pound

I like "God Give Me the Strength" very much. It's not really a blues and to call it a ballad is absurd.…

— Dick Taylor

I was off the scene for a while during the ska period and when I returned and joined the Treasure Isle studio,…

— Alton Ellis

Well, you can't throw heavy, analytical, thought-provoking songs at people 24/7. It's been my experience over the last 20 years that on…

— Ronnie Dunn

Music is rhythm, and all theater is rhythm. It's about tempo and change and pulse, whether you're doing a verse play by…

— Diane Paulus

At every concert I've sensed a certain insecurity about the tempo. It's clearly marked 80...uh, 69.

— Eugene Ormandy

The whole duty of a conductor is comprised in his ability to indicate the right tempo.

— Richard Wagner

Instead of thinking that's a nice tune, you start thinking is it the right pace, is it the right tempo? That is…

— Alison Moyet