"In rap music, even though the element of……" — Archie Shepp
"In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its commercial value would certainly be more tenuous."
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Archie Shepp
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17 Quotes by Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp has 17 quotes on this site.
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All the tenets that I had grown up with were thrown out the window.
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I find that here in the States, audiences are generally less knowledgeable, from the cognitive point of view, though they…
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I can't see any separation between my music and my life. I play pretty much race music: its about what…
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In America, for a brief time, people who followed John Coltrane were studied and considered important, but it didn't last…
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So, I was just a young guy, maybe with an idea, and Cecil Taylor, himself a rebel, would take a…
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And when I met Cecil Taylor it was a complete transformation of musical identities. All the tenets that I had…
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So, rap has that quality, for youth anyway; it's a kind of blues element. It's physical, almost gymnastic. It speaks…
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Yes, the audience is so important to Negro music, especially the element of call and response.
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You get a show where people are jumping up and dancing, but it's not a critical event in the sense…
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To some degree, yeah, because I have to play a certain number of originals that might be considered avant-garde material.…
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Rap actually took root in the Negro community, and then in the Hispanic community, long before it impacted on the…
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It was a particularly interesting and exciting time, and the European political and artistic establishment was turned on by the…
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More Beat Quotes
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One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.
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I was always a good student. I wasn't the A-plus student, but I studied really hard, and I probably had…
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Every time I wake up, I see myself like somebody beat me up.
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If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them.
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Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food.
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The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single…
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One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.
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As an actress we don't beat one another. It's whoever's right for the part.
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I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So…
— Larry Bird
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I never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it.
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Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are…
— William J. H. Boetcker
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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