Rhythms Quotes

187 quotes by 172 authors

What enriches language is its being handled and exploited by beautiful minds-not so much by making innovations as by expanding it through more vigorous and… — Michel de Montaigne
I grew up next to the ocean, on the coast, and would dance the salsa all day, so I just learned those rhythms and knew… — Ana de la Reguera
A hostility to modernity is shared by ideologies that have nothing else in common - a nostalgia for moral clarity, small-town intimacy, family values, primitive… — Steven Pinker
I got a lot from my uncle who is a really good ska guitarist. Very ragged makeshift rhythms and intricate lines. — King Krule
I have all the rhythm in my left hand, and I use the rhythms that Gene Krupa did on his drums. — Dick Dale
There is the idea that, when we look at things, it is the yellow light that helps us the most, that we are the most… — Rogier van der Heide
It takes awhile for writers to get to know actors rhythms, not just as actors, but what they bring to the characters. I think it… — Logan Marshall-Green
Even when disco went out, I could still make hits. Once I had so much success, every idea became concentrated. I had so much confidence.… — Giorgio Moroder
When you write a play, you work out like a musician on a piece of music. You find all the rhythms and the melody and… — Sam Shepard
I always enjoy rhythms and melodies, but I always use my voice as more of an instrument and less of a soapbox for me to… — Chino Moreno
I give bird songs to those who dwell in cities and have never heard them, make rhythms for those who know only military marches or… — Olivier Messiaen
In a broader sense, the rhythms of nature, large and small - the sounds of wind and water, the sounds of birds and insects -… — George Crumb
The tunes, rhythms, and messages are drawn mainly from secular culture. — Richard Morris
Somewhere along the line the rhythms and tonalities of music elided in my brain with the sounds that words make and the rhythm that sentences… — E L Doctorow
I first heard African drum rhythms and chants at the movies. Then, when I had the opportunity to go to Africa and visit the villages,… — Isaac Hayes
The sounds and rhythms of words are really important to me. — David Almond
In my opinion, it is easier to avoid iambic rhythms, when writing in syllabics, if you create a line or pattern of lines using odd… — James Fenton
Thinking back to boyhood days, I remember the bright sun on Harlem streets, the easy rhythms of black and brown bodies, the sounds of children… — Walter Dean Myers
This is why men and women do not always find it easy to maintain straightforward relations. Misunderstandings can arise: for example, a girl will more… — Meicee
The modern age has been characterized by a Promethean spirit, a restless energy that preys on speed records and shortcuts, unmindful of the past, uncaring… — Jeremy Rifkin

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