“When I'm working, I'm so narrowly focused on sound, language, rhythm, flow, that I rarely feel the emotion of the text. It's only after - long after - I've finished a piece that I can experience in any way its emotional charge.” WayFeelsLongI CanLanguageSoundEmotionPiecesEmotionalFlowFocusedFinishedRhythm Author:Taiye Selasi
“In the preface to his great History of Europe, H. A. L. Fisher wrote: "Men wiser than and more learned than I have discerned in history a plot, a rhythm, a predetermined pattern. These harmonies are concealed from me. I can see only one emergency following upon another as wave follows upon wave ..." It seems to me that the same is true of the much older [geological stratigraphical] history of Europe.” MenI CanWisdomSeemsScienceEuropeHarmonyWavePatternsFollowingRhythmPlotWiserEmergenciesConcealedGeologyPredeterminedGreat History Author:D. V. Ager
“I can put a hip-hop beat to reggae. That is, I can have real reggae in the drums and in the rhythm, and on top of it I can put The Rolling Stones' feeling, anyone's feeling on top. Nobody has ever done this before, man.” MenI CanRealDoneFeelingsBeatsStonesHip HopRhythmHipsHopsRollingRolling StonesReggae Author:Ike Turner
“On the roads, I can see truth revealed whole without thought or reason. There I experience the sudden understanding that comes unasked, unbidden. I simply rest, rest within myself, rest within the pure rhythm of my running. And I wait.” I CanReasonWholeRunningWaitingUnderstandingPureRhythmTruth Revealed Author:George A. Sheehan
“I still feel like if I can get a song to work with, say, a basic beat, a rhythm, some chord changes, and a melody, a vocal melody - if it works with that, then I feel it's written and there's something there.” IfsFeelsStillsI CanSongWrittenBeatsRhythmMelodyChordsVocal Author:David Byrne
“Yet housekeeping actually offers more opportunities for savoring achievement than almost any other work I can think of. Each of its regular routines brings satisfaction when it is completed. These routines echo the rhythm of life, and the housekeeping rhythm is the rhythm of the body. You get satisfaction not only from the sense of order, cleanliness, freshness, peace and plenty restored, but from the knowledge that you yourself and those you care about are going to enjoy these benefits.” ThinkingI CanBodyCareOrderOpportunityEnjoyOffersAchievementBenefitsSatisfactionRhythmPlentyEchoesCleanlinessFreshnessHousekeepingSavoringRhythm Of Life Author:Cheryl Mendelson