“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
“...black music is a group music. That's why I don't like doing a solo saxophone thing: My feeling stems from rhythm, I really have to feel that rhythmic thing happening.” FeelsFeelingsBlackGroupsMusic IsHappeningsThings HappenRhythmStemSoloSaxophoneBlack Music Author:Jimmy Lyons
“Either black people end up being the best in sports, or else it's show business. You know, we all got rhythm.” PeopleKnowsEndsShowsSportsBlackRhythmBeing The BestBlack PeopleShow Business Author:Diana Ross
“The Righteous Brothers were purely rhythm and blues, black music.” BlackBrotherRhythmRighteousBlack MusicRhythm And BluesMedley Author:Bill Medley
“I invented the colors of the vowels!--A black, E white, I red, O blue, U green--I made rules for the form and movement of each consonant, and, and with instinctive rhythms, I flattered myself that I had created a poetic language accessible, some day, to all the senses.” MadeFormPoetryLanguageBlackWhiteMovementColorPoetRedBlueGreenSensesRhythmPoeticFlatteredVowelsConsonants Author:Arthur Rimbaud
“Elvis Presley's death deprives our country of a part of itself. He was unique, irreplaceable. More than twenty years ago, he burst upon the scene with an impact that was unprecedented and will probably never be equaled. His music and his personality, fusing the styles of white country and black rhythm and blues, permanently changed the face of American popular culture. His following was immense. And he was a symbol to people the world over of the vitality, rebelliousness and good humor of this country.” PeopleWorldYearsCountryFacesCultureBlackWhiteStyleChangedPersonalitySceneUniqueYears AgoTwentiesImpactFollowingOur CountryRhythmSymbolsImmenseVitalityUnprecedentedPopular CultureIrreplaceableGood HumorRhythm And Blues Author:Jimmy Carter
“I find in my poetry and prose the rhythms and imagery of the best - I mean, when I'm at my best - of the good Southern black preachers. The lyricism of the spirituals and the directness of gospel songs and the mystery of blues are in my music or in my poetry and prose, or I missed everything.” MeanSongBlackMysteryRhythmProseSouthernPreacherImageryGospel Songs Author:Maya Angelou