Phrasing Quotes

25 quotes by 25 authors

I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases which appeal more… — Margaret Atwood
Not only the words (vocabula) which the Holy Spirit and Scripture use are divine, but also the phrasing — Martin Luther
But it's only after you've played it on the road 20 or 30 times that it becomes really finished and polished...and you realize what it… — James Taylor
I was immediately taken with Geoff Muldaur's rich soulful voice, masterful phrasing and guitar playing when I first heard him. — Lucinda Williams
Yes, I heard my people singing!-in the glow of parlor coal-stove and on summer porches sweet with lilac air, from choir loft and Sunday morning… — Paul Robeson
"I want you to spend the night," you said. And it was definitely your phrasing that ensured it. If you had said, "Let's have sex,"… — David Levithan
Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and it must remain undivided."Truth: Obama later said, "This was an example where we had some poor phrasing… — Barack Obama
The happy phrasing of a compliment is one of the rarest of human gifts, and the happy delivery of it another. — Mark Twain
A lot of those little things that I really like doing are just moments of cool articulation, just little moments of phrasing that probably go… — Steve Vai
The mistake that people make in stand-up is thinking they're profound or they're deep when there are so many people who have more worthwhile ways… — Colin Quinn
Our amended Constitution is the lodestar for our aspirations. Like every text worth reading, it is not crystalline. The phrasing is broad and the limitations… — William J. Brennan
The music of all the different media of life-memories, images, feeling-tones, poetic-musical connotations of phrasing-is kaleidoscopic and doesn't repeat itself or recur. -People who think… — Kenny Smith
It is not a mystical thing, however, it is obvious and practical and I think that what the performer does is to try to get… — Leo Kottke
Willy DeVille knows the truth of a city street and the courage in a ghetto love song. And the harsh reality in his voice and… — Doc Pomus
Wanting to be understood by an audience that didn't know Russian, I tried to paint musical pictures by emphasizing the phrasing, using voice color more… — Galina Vishnevskaya
I'm just trying to write a good story, strictly from imagination. People just think it's random, they don't see the rewriting, phrasing of characters, choosing… — Eric Jerome Dickey
I discovered after going to music festivals that I am a rock fan. I love the guitars, the phrasing, and the abandon of rock fans. — Beyonce Knowles
My favorite singer to this day is Nat King Cole. I've tried to emulate his phrasing. It is so absolutely beautiful to listen to his… — Johnny Mathis
And I love Jane Austen's use of language too--the way she takes her time to develop a phrase and gives it room to grow, so… — Andrew Clements
Here's what I want from a book, what I demand, what I pray for when I take up a novel and begin to read the… — Pat Conroy

Who Wrote These Phrasing Quotes

25 authors contributed a total of 25 Phrasing Quotes as follows: