“Because music is a language unto itself, when I'm writing, I need silence. I need to hear the music and the rhythms of the words inside my thoughts.” NeedsWritingLanguageSilenceMusic IsRhythmMy Thoughts Author:Marianne Wiggins
“Music is the most abstract of the arts and it expresses the sound of the universe itself. These are the real rhythms that stimulate the artist's mind and guide his hand.” MindArtRealHandsArtistUniverseSoundMusicMusic IsGuidesRhythmAbstract Author:Robert Genn
“I think a good study of music would be indispensable to the animators - a realization on their part of how primitive music is, how natural it is for people to want to go to music - a study of rhythm, the dance - the various rhythms enter into our lives every day.” PeopleThinkingWantWould BeNaturalStudyOur LivesMusic IsVariousRhythmRealizationPrimitiveIndispensableAnimationAnimatorLive Every Day Author:Walt Disney
“Dancehall music is perceived as party music, which it is because of the rhythm, but there are messages that do come through or a purpose of an artist saying something to the world. People usually don't get the messages because of the partying.” PeopleWorldPurposeArtistPartyMessagesMusic IsRhythmDancehall Author:Sean Paul
“...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
“The good and bad are all tangled up together. American popular music is loved around the world because of its African rhythm. But that wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for slavery.” IfsWorldTogetherHappenedMusic IsSlaveryRhythmAround The WorldGood And BadTangledPopular Music Author:Pete Seeger
“What's holding me up is I'm confused about the nature of the music. Because the modern music doesn't reach me. I mean to say the sound of the modern electric production. A lot of sequencers... synths. That's what people are buying. Because that doesn't reach me, it throws me back to like 1948, but I don't want to be there. Back there, I'm talking about blues records... The roots of rock'n'roll is rhythm and blues and that's like really where I'm at, where I was always at.” PeopleWantMeanSoundTalkingRecordsModernRocksMusic IsRootsProductionsRhythmConfusedBuyingRock N RollElectricRhythm And BluesModern MusicI'm Confused Author:Joe Strummer
“Classical music is far from boring - it has all the blood, energy, the sinister dark side, rhythm that rock music has, and all the refined, subtle sensuality that one can ask for” AsksEnergySidesDarkMusicBloodRocksMusic IsBoringRhythmSensualityClassicBoredomSubtleClassical MusicDark SideRefinedRock MusicSinister Author:Yuja Wang
“The rhythm of music is very, very important for people with Parkinson's. But it's also very important with other sorts of patients, such as patients with Tourette's syndrome. Music helps them bring their impulses and tics under control. There is even a whole percussion orchestra made up exclusively of Tourette's patients.” PeopleMadeImportantWholeHelpingMusic IsPatientRhythmImpulseOrchestraSyndromesParkinsonParkinson'sPercussionTicsTourettes Author:Oliver Sacks
“I am more and more convinced that music is not, in essence, a thing which can be cast into a traditional and fixed form. It is made up of colors and rhythms.” MadeFormColorMusic IsEssenceCastsConvincedTraditionalRhythmFixed Author:Claude Debussy
“Sometimes when I'm writing I'll play Cole Porter, just because the rhythms and the lyrics are so perfect that it's like having a smart partner in the room. I have a huge collection of music that I listen to when I'm writing, and I also prepare a lot of music before I start directing. I put it all onto an iPod that I have with me on the set. It's helpful to the actors, because for an emotional scene, I'll play it and say, this is how it feels, to keep us in the zone.” FeelsWritingSometimesPlayActorsPerfectRoomsEmotionalHugeSceneMusic IsSmartPartnersRhythmCollectionsZoneHelpfulIpods Author:Nancy Meyers
“Rock music is quite big in India - but it mostly just replaces all the intricacies of Indian rhythms and Indian melody with lumpen rock drumming and power chords.” BigsRocksMusic IsIndiaRhythmIndianMelodyChordsRock MusicDrummingIntricacy Author:Jonny Greenwood
“For me music is central, so when one's talking about poetry, for the most part Plato's talking primarily about words, where I talk about notes, I talk about tone, I talk about timbre, I talk about rhythms.” TalkingMusic IsNotesRhythmTonePlatoPlato STimbre Author:Cornel West
“Is as if the music is another character or as if it was a part of this great opera. I also through about this project as a structure or as a sculpture made out of colors, rhythm, characters, and brush strokes, but with every single one of these always supporting one another.” IfsMadeCharacterColorProjectsMusic IsStructureRhythmOperaStrokesBrushesSculptureBrush Strokes Author:Alex Abreu
“My connection to music is so strong. I cling to it. I vibe out to it. I release stress to it. Music is really always close to me. It's really present in my work in terms of how I relate to characters is through rhythm and sound, even in their speech.” CharacterStrongSoundTermSpeechMusic IsConnectionsStressRhythmReleaseRelateStress Release Author:Mahershala Ali
“I am so weak over love and heartbreak. My music is rhythm and blues and with that said, the blues element of it is a major portion. I feel like it has been lost in R&B and a lot of people are scared to talk about their vulnerabilities and insecurities. They want to keep it up and in the club.” PeopleWantFeelsHas BeensSaidLostElementsMajorsMusic IsWeakScaredClubsRhythmVulnerabilityInsecurityPortionsRhythm And BluesLove And Heartbreak Author:Adrian Marcel
“I think it all comes back to the individual. My instrument's just a pile of metal and wood! If you listen to the way I speak I have a lot of rhythm, use a lot of accents. When I'm playing my instrument that concept comes through very clearly. In fact some people who've seen me play have noticed that I'm singing - but it's more that I'm actually speaking. So it's not really about the instrument. But for me, in my thinking, the music is all about the melody. When I compose, 99 percent of the time I start with the melody.” PeopleThinkingIndividualSpeakMusic IsSingingRhythmMelodyMetals Author:Stefon Harris
“The heart of a music is its rhythm. The heart of rhythm section music is the rhythm.” HeartMusic IsRhythmSectionsRhythm Section Author:Wynton Marsalis
“I've always felt music is the only way to give an instantaneous moment the feel of slow motion. To romanticise it and glorify it and give it a soundtrack and a rhythm.” WayGivingFeelsMomentsFeltMusic IsRhythmGlorifySoundtracksInstantaneousSlow Motion Author:Taylor Swift