“But, Eminem... No, I've loved rap for a long time, especially when it got out of its first period and became this gangsta rap, ya know this heavy rap thing? That's when I started to fall in love with it. I loved the lyrics. I loved the beat.” KnowsFirstsLongFallPeriodsLong TimeBeatsFalling In LoveHeavyRapGangstaGangsta Rap Author:Alan Vega
“One day my dad would say, 'OK, if you want to play tennis I can help you out.' And that's how it started. And I had a goal. I wanted to beat my mom first. And my parents and my brother. And that was the ultimate goal.” IfsWantFirstsI CanPlayHelpingWantedParentGoalBrotherMomDadOne DayBeatsUltimateMy DadMy MomMy BrotherTennisUltimate Goal Author:Caroline Wozniacki
“I do not remember-that is the point-the first impulse that pumped and shoved most of the earlier poems along, and they are still too near me, with their vehement beat-pounding black and green rhythms like those of a very young policeman exploding, for me to see the written evidence of it.” InspirationalFirstsStillsRememberYoungBlackWrittenBeatsEvidenceGreenRhythmImpulsePolicemenExplodingVehement Author:Dylan Thomas
“Andrew Luck, if he gets to his first Super Bowl and he wins that Super Bowl, that means he won on the road every game except for that first playoff game. He went and beat Peyton Manning…Then that means he went and beat Tom Brady…Then he would either have to beat Aaron Rodgers or the Seattle Seahawks. That’s a pretty tough hill to climb. If he does that, he’s just solidified himself in that conversation as an elite quarterback.” IfsFirstsMeanDoeGamesWinningConversationBeatsToughLuckHillsClimbsElitesTomsBowlsQuarterbackSuper BowlAndrewSeattlePlayoffsBradyPeytonPlayoff GamesAaron Rodgers Author:Charles Woodson
“Last night I had a dream. When I got to Africa, I had one hell of a rumble. I had to beat Tarzan's behind first, for claiming to be King of the Jungle.” FirstsDreamLastsNightBehindsHellKingsBeatsJungleLast NightI Had A DreamRumble Author:Muhammad Ali
“I know all about violence and physical abuse because my first husband used to beat me severely when he got drunk. Once, I can remember coming home from a party and walking up our vast marble staircase at the Fifth Avenue house while he was striking me. I thought, If I just gave him one shove down the staircase I would be rid of him forever.” IfsKnowsFirstsI CanHomeWould BeRememberUsedHousePartyForeverViolenceWalkingHusbandBeatsAbuseDrunkComing HomeFifthAvenuesMarblePhysical AbuseStaircasesFifth Avenue Author:Clare Boothe Luce
“Born down in a dead man's town, The first kick I took was when I hit the ground, You end up like a dog that's been beat too much, Till you spend half your life just covering up...” MenFirstsEndsBornHalfToo MuchDogBeatsTownsKicksCoveringDead Man Author:Bruce Springsteen
“Some drivers have already got out of their cars, prepared to push the stranded vehicle to a spot where it will not hold up the traffic, they beat furiously on the closed windows, the man inside turns his head in their direction, first to one side then to the other, he is clearly shouting something, to judge by the movements of his mouth he appears to be repeating some words, no one word but three, as turns out to be the case when someone finally manages to open the door, I am blind.” MenFirstsTurnsThreeSidesCasesDoorsCarMovementHe ManJudgingBeatsMouthsWindowBlindPreparedManageSpotsDriversVehicleTrafficOne WordShoutingStranded Author:Jose Saramago
“We got to stop people. We go ahead and we score 100 points every night, but we give up more. Our whole thing was, we know we can score, and we have to start having some kind of fun on the defensive end. Everybody want to play offense. Not too many people want to play defense. Defense is ego, pride, and that's the way we've been coming out, just taking the challenge. Man-on-man first, and having each other's back when a guy gets beat.” PeopleKnowsMenWayWantGivingFirstsKindEndsPlayWholeNightGuyFunSportsChallengesPrideEgoGiving UpBeatsDefenseScoreComing OutEvery NightOffenseBack When Author:Allen Iverson
“I coached against Dave the last couple of years, and I was very proud to be the first time a father ever coached against his son. He beat me for 30 minutes the first time and 59 and a half minutes the second time.” YearsFirstsLastsFatherSportsHalfMinutesSonProudCoupleBeatsFirst TimeDave Author:Don Shula
“Over a 10-season stretch from 1967 to 1976, eight Super Bowl champions either were the Raiders or had to beat the Raiders in the playoffs. The Jets, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Baltimore Colts, Miami, the Steelers each of the first two times... we all had to deal with the Raiders.” FirstsTwoDealsCitiesBeatsSeasonsEightChiefsChampionBowlsJetSuper BowlMiamiKansasBaltimorePlayoffsKansas CityRaidersSteelersColts Author:Joe Greene
“For people who love Tribe, I'm the defector. They say, 'You should get back with Ali to do the beats.' But a lot of people don't realize I did all the music in Tribe. In the first three albums, I did all the beats!” PeopleShouldFirstsThreeRealizingBeatsAlbumsGet BackTribesDefectors Author:Q-Tip
“Maybe that's when bad scripts are written, when you choose the theme first. I consider that I've something to say when I've thought of a person, a moment, a single beat of the heart, that I think is true and interesting, and therefore should be seen.” ThinkingShouldFirstsHeartPersonsMomentsInterestingWrittenBeatsScriptsThemeYou Choose Author:Russell T Davies
“While our pulse beats and we feel emotion, let us put off the business. Things will truly seem different to us when we have quieted and cooled down. It is passion that is in command at first, it is passion that speaks, it is not we ourselves.” FeelsFirstsDifferentSeemsPassionSpeakEmotionHuman NatureBeatsCommandPulse Book:Complete Essays Source: Complete Essays
“It is agreed that all sound which is the material of music is of three sorts. First is harmonica, which consists of vocal music; second is organica, which is formed from the breath; third is rhythmica, which receives its numbers from the beat of the fingers. For sound is produced either by the voice, coming through the throat; or by the breath, coming through the trumpet or tibia, for example; or by touch, as in the case of the cithara or anything else that gives a tuneful sound on being struck.” GivingFirstsThreeSoundVoiceNumbersMusicCasesExampleMaterialsMusic IsBeatsThirdsBreathsFingersThroatVocalTrumpetsHarmonicasSevilleVocal Music Author:Isidore of Seville
“The first song I did was over a Chief Keef beat - Understand Me. I did that in, like, 2011 or 2012, I think.” ThinkingFirstsSongBeatsChiefsUnderstand MeChief Keef Author:Fetty Wap
“Rhythms, beats, etc., are fundamentally central to my creative drive: my first instrument was the drums, nearly every band I have been involved in or at the helm of, is driven by rhythm, my band is driven entirely by rhythm, machine rhythm, and the purpose of the rock instrumentation is literally to speak the beats, to emulate the rhythms with guitars and bass, with very little articulation, and without being 'progressive'.” FirstsLittlesHas BeensPurposeSpeakCreativeRocksInvolvedBandBeatsMachinesInstrumentsGuitarDrivenRhythmEtcProgressiveBassEmulateHelmArticulationInstrumentation Author:Justin Broadrick
“I think that's why I've lasted this long because I love everything I make fun of! I make fun of myself first! I mean, I started my career by calling my films "trash" - the local critics used to complain that I beat the critic to the typewriter.” ThinkingFirstsMeanLongFilmUsedFunCareersCallingBeatsCriticsComplainingLocalsTrashTypewriters Author:John Waters
“Seahawks beat Cardinals, 58-0. If Patriots beat Texans, 58-0, it will be first time in NFL history there were two 58-0 games in same week.” IfsFirstsTwoFunnyGamesComedyWeekBeatsFirst TimeNflPatriotCardinalsTexan Author:Norman Chad
“When a founder has cast a bell he does not presently fix it in the steeple, but tries it with his hammer, and beats it on every side to see if there be any flaw in it. So Christ doth not presently after he hath converted a man, convey him to heaven; but suffers him first to be beaten upon by many temptations and then exalts him to his crown.” IfsMenTryingFirstsDoeInspirationMotivationSufferingHeavenSidesChristBeatsCastsTemptationFlawsBellsCrownsFoundersBeatenHammersSteeples Author:Richard Cecil
“The importance of the Beats is twofold: first, they act out a critique of the organized system that everybody in some sense agrees with. But second-and more important in the long run-they are a kind of major pilot study of the use of leisure in an economy of abundance.” FirstsKindLongImportantUseRunningEconomyStudyMajorsBeatsImportanceAgreeOrganizedAbundancePilotsLeisureLong RunsCritique Book:Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society Source: Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society
“When I was about 16, I did a Neil LaBute play called 'A Gaggle of Saints' from a collection of plays called 'Bash' - very violent story about a young Mormon who goes to Central Park with his friend and beats up a gay guy. But it was the first thing I had ever done, and I thought, "God, this is fun! This is far more fun than anything else I've been doing at school. I want to stick with it."” WantFirstsDonePlayStoriesSchoolYoungGuyFunGayBeatsSticksSaintViolentParksCollectionsBashCentral ParkGay Guy Author:Max Irons
“So, most of it was done over the phone. But one of the first things I did as a director, because it's one of the first things you should do, even though most don't, is to ask good actors who they think is right for the part. They know better than anybody. But without missing a beat Maggie said Pauline Collins. I didn't know Pauline because I hadn't seen Shirley Valentine, but then I saw this thing that she did with Woody Allen [You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger], in which she was wonderful as a psychic, and I said to her on the phone: "The dialogue seemed improvised."” ThinkingKnowsShouldFirstsSaidDoneActorsAsksDarkSawsWonderfulMissingDirectorsBeatsPhonesStrangerDialogueTallValentinePsychicsWoodyGood ActorsMaggie Author:Dustin Hoffman
“Songs came first. I started out in 1965 trying to copy the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and the Stones, like most kids I knew. I'm still trying. Songs are hard to beat.” TryingFirstsStillsHardKidsSongBeatsStonesCopiesBobDylan Author:Peter Blegvad
“Music can move us to the heights or depths of emotion. It can persuade us to buy something, or remind us of our first date. It can lift us out of depression when nothing else can. It can get us dancing to its beat. But the power of music goes much, much further. Indeed, music occupies more areas of our brain than language does-humans are a musical species.” FirstsHumansDoeMovingLanguageEmotionBrainBeatsAreasDancingSpeciesDepthMusicalLiftsHeightPower Of MusicFirst Date Book:Migraine Source: Migraine
“O eternal truth and true love and beloved eternity! You are my God; to you I sigh by day and by night. And when I first knew you, you raised me up so that I could see that there was something to see and that I still lacked the ability to see it. And you beat back the weakness of my sight, blazing upon me with your rays, and I trembled in love and in dread.” FirstsStillsNightAbilityEternalBeatsWeaknessEternitySightRaisedBelovedRaysDreadSighBlazingAbility To See Author:Saint Augustine
“My first fight in Hamilton was against Rocky Thompson. Everybody was saying, 'Be careful, he can punch with both hands.' I'm saying, 'Look how skinny he is.' I was cocky. But he beat me. After that fight I said to myself, man, this is going to be a tough job.” MenFirstsLooksSaidHandsJobsFightingBeatsToughCarefulBe CarefulSkinnyCockyHamilton Author:Georges Laraque
“I married first, won the Oscar before Olivia (sister Olivia de Havilland) did, and if I die first, she'll undoubtedly be livid because I beat her to it!” IfsFirstsDiesMarriedBeatsOscarsOlivia Author:Joan Fontaine
“Don't never follow your first mind, cause that's the one that's wrong. 'Cause the Devil beats God to you every time.” MindFirstsCausesBeatsDevil Author:Son House
“I have a real soft spot for flying saucer songs and Frenkenstein songs. When I was a kid the first record I ever really liked was called "The Mummy", and the flip-side was called "The Beat Generation" which Richard Hell later re-wrote as "The Blank Generation". I thought it was the greatest thing I had ever heard. I didn't like Elvis much then, but I was very young. When I was a kid I used to play that monster all the time!” FirstsRealPlayKidsYoungUsedSongSidesHellRecordsGenerationsHeardBeatsMonstersFlyingSpotsBlankFlipMummyFlying SaucersBeat Generation Author:Tom Verlaine
“Those original, black, spirited, defiant, rebellious musical masters. Chuck Berry was one of the first masters of Les Paul's new electric guitar; he pretty much laid down the gauntlet, and I don't think anybody's ever beat him since. Way before the British Invasion, I was tuned into the black guys that created the British Invasion. Without Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Lightnin' Hopkins, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and the Motown hits, there would be no Beatles.” ThinkingWayFirstsWould BeGuyBlackWaterMastersBeatsOriginalsGuitarMusicalBritishElectricRebelliousInvasionJohnsonChuckBerriesSpiritedMuddyHopkinsMotownElectric GuitarBlack GuysGauntletHowlin WolfBritish Invasion Author:Ted Nugent
“But the world of Despicable Me is such a cartoony world. It is much more Looney Tunes than I would say the Pixar world or those movies. We can get away with a little more, although I know some people responded negatively to the Iron Maiden beat in the first movie where it looks like Edith.” PeopleKnowsWorldFirstsLooksLittlesBeatsTunesIronGet AwayMaidensDespicablePixarIron MaidenLooney Tunes Author:Cinco Paul
“The last couple of years have been a good learning experience for me and a good journey. My first world title fight I fought Erik Morales and how much experience do you think you can get from that? A lot of people thought he would beat me because of experience. I've faced a lot of experienced fighters.” PeopleThinkingWorldYearsFirstsHas BeensLastsFightingJourneyCoupleBeatsFighterTitlesMoraleLearning Experience Author:Danny Garcia
“That movie was my girlfriend. That was my girl." I knew there was going to be initial anger. As a matter of fact, when I was deciding to do Footloose that was one of the first things that I had to realize. First of all, I had to figure out a human connection to it but then I also had to reconcile that I was going to get beat up a little bit on this a little bit.” FirstsHumansLittlesMatterFactsGirlBitsRealizingFiguresLittle BitBeatsConnectionsGirlfriendInitialsMatter Of FactMy GirlfriendReconcileMy GirlHuman ConnectionFootloose Author:Craig Brewer
“The first time you went to the gym, to be trained and worked out, there'd be about four or five wrestlers, they'd take you to heavy calisthenics and then they beat the tar out of you... after you got tired. If you came back the next day they'd do the same thing. After about four days of you surviving this punishment, then maybe they might show you how to wrestle. That was to teach respect.” IfsFirstsShowsMightNextTeachFiveFourBeatsFirst TimeTiredHeavyPunishmentGymNext DaySurvivingWrestlerCalisthenics Author:George Steele
“I started drinking when I was like 15, and by the time I was 19 everybody knew I was an alcoholic. So I would start five fights every weekend and lose terribly. First you start off fighting with one person and then he beats you up; and then one guy would be laughing, so you would hit him, too.” FirstsPersonsWould BeGuyFightingLosesLaughingFiveBeatsDrinkingWeekendAlcoholics Author:Felipe Esparza
“When I auditioned to be part of the "This Is It" Tour, I didn't think I was going to get in. I didn't think it was for real at first, when I got the message on MySpace from the musical director to come in and audition for him. I came in and I played for the musical director, and that night Michael Jackson came in and sat down on the couch and I played "Beat It" for him. I just practiced as much as I could to make sure it was perfect.” ThinkingFirstsRealNightPerfectDirectorsMessagesBeatsMusicalSatAuditionsCouches Author:Orianthi
“I like to get a vibe first, then a melody and really beat up the melody for a while, then try and find a lyric that really suits him/her.” TryingFirstsBeatsSuitsMelody Author:Matt Squire
“My first record wasn't even with the Fugees. I was signed to Big Beat Records, so I was signed back in 1989 to the label that the Knocks are on now. You can always tell which generation had the pulse based on how they see things.” FirstsBigsRecordsGenerationsBeatsLabelsPulse Author:Wyclef Jean
“I never really liked "cool" books. I plowed through as much Borges and Joyce as possible, read the first half of V. and spent whole Bar Mitzvah checks on Beat poetry.” FirstsBookWholeHalfBeatsBarsChecksJoyceBorgesBar MitzvahMitzvah Author:Simon Rich
“People listen to the beat first. So if that doesn't draw people in especially with the audience I cater to, they're definitely about that production.” PeopleIfsFirstsAudienceBeatsDrawsProductions Author:Torae
“When I first starting making beats, I didn't know samples were being used in any beats. I had no idea where producers were getting the real string sounds or the voices on their tracks. I knew nothing about loops or sampling off of records. So, by me knowing nothing about this it made me concentrate on my chords on the keyboard.” KnowsFirstsMadeIdeasRealUsedSoundVoiceKnowingRecordsBeatsStartingTrackProducersNo IdeaStringsChordsKeyboardsSampleLoopsKnowing NothingSampling Author:Rahki
“All my brothers and sisters have stories about Dad like this. I remember, when my sister was about to beat him in checkers for the first time, he knocked the board over.” FirstsStoriesRememberBrotherDadBeatsFirst TimeBoardsMy BrotherMy SisterBrothers And SistersRemember WhenCheckers Author:Terry Gross
“One hundred thousand dollars was the bridge that enabled me to go on TV, not miss a beat or miss an opportunity, and raise then my own money to carry me forth. And that's how I got to be the first Democratic woman in the United States Senate's history.” FirstsStatesOpportunityMy OwnUnitedUnited StatesMissingTvsGoes OnThousandBeatsHundredRaisesDollarsDemocraticBridgesSenate Author:Barbara Mikulski
“To me it's just the knock, man. It's the knock and the groove of the beat. When I start a song, it's the first thought. It's the first thought and the first cadence, because that's the most natural. You know what I'm saying? I feel like people can feel when something is natural.” PeopleKnowsMenFeelsFirstsSongNaturalBeatsGrooveCadence Author:Pusha T
“What I don't know is whether there is a way politically that you can beat away these, some of these populist movements because in the end I don't think they really do provide answers. They ride the anger. But they don't really have the answers. Or whether this is an experiment we're just going to have to go through first.” ThinkingKnowsWayFirstsEndsAnswersMovementBeatsExperimentsPopulist Author:Tony Blair
“Genetics and beats? I feel like the drumbeat is a natural thing. Our heartbeat moves at a certain BPM. The drumbeat, being the first instrument, the platform for us, being that we all kind of come from that - it's all beats.” FeelsFirstsKindMovingCertainNaturalBeatsInstrumentsAll KindsPlatformsHeartbeatGeneticsNatural Things Author:Q-Tip
“The first drum beat we all heard was our mother.” FirstsMotherHeardBeatsDrum Beats Author:John Densmore
“Kevin [Drew] beat me to the punch because when he first sent "Sister OK" and I'm listening to it, it took me to a place that I had not been to in a long time. It took me to a place when you're a teenager. I understand it all now, but in a moment of confusion, in a moment of trying to find some kind of solid ground in an environment that was quicksand in my life, it's that first line just kills me all the time: "Well it's just that your sister said you'd be OK."” TryingFirstsWellsKindLongSaidMomentsLinesEnvironmentListeningLong TimeBeatsConfusionTeenagerKill MeKevinQuicksand Author:Andy Kim
“I like somebody I can consider edgy, because, I also find that when people see me; the first thing they might think about me, musically, is that I rap or make beats, in the sense of trap or hip-hop or whatever, and when they hear what I actually create, they'll often be like, 'Wait a minute, I wasn't expecting this'.” PeopleThinkingFirstsI CanMightWaitingMinutesBeatsHip HopRapHipsHopsExpectingTrapsOften IsEdgy Author:Jlin