Bop Quotes

33 quotes by 29 authors

Rachel Cusk's books are like pop-up volumes for grown-ups, the prose springing out of the page to bop you neatly between the eyes with its… — Julie Burchill
I was washing dishes at the Greyhound bus station at the time and I said, 'Awap bop a lup bop a wop bam boom, take… — Little Richard
I hate to blow the mystique, but at the time we really liked bubblegum music, and we really liked the Bay City Rollers. Their song… — Joey Ramone
Be-bop wasn't developed in any deliberate way. — Thelonious Monk
If a guy is gonna to play good bop, he has to have a sort of a bop soul. — Count Basie
Bop is at the end of the road. Now everybody wants dance music. — Dizzy Gillespie
Bop began with Jazz but one afternoon somewhere on a sidewalk maybe 1939, 1940, Dizzy Gillespie or Charlie Parker or Thelonious Monk was walking past… — Jack Kerouac
Bop is no love-child of jazz. — Charlie Parker
Some guys said 'Here's bop!' Wham! They said, 'Here's something we can make money on!' Wham! 'Here's a comedian!' Wham! Here's a guy who talks… — Charlie Parker
I don't like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there's no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much… — Miles Davis
After the war, once the bop revolution had taken hold, there were all kinds of young musicians, talented young musicians, who were ready for this… — Gunther Schuller
Dave Rocha is a modern player out of the hard-bop tradition, with a beautiful sound and tremendous facility on the horn. You can hear the… — Dan Feiszli
Rob Mullins is a diverse keyboardist capable of both crossover and bop. — Scott Yanow
Chris Washburne is a superior hard bop player... — Scott Yanow
A-bop-bop-a-loom-op-a-lop-bop-boom. — Little Richard
But I don't really listen to much be-bop at all at the moment. — Squarepusher
Tell them we'll be dancing, dancing 'til we drop, it's time to get down and do the Horizontal Bop. — Bob Seger
I'm not going to be dancing with the stars at this stage in my life. But I want to dance and bop around, and I… — Angela Lansbury
Good morning, daddy! Ain't you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? Listen closely: You'll hear their feet Beating out and beating out a… — Langston Hughes
Zip zop wop boopity bop. — Bill Cosby

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