“Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.'” IfsStillsEffortMissingBeatsStriveSatisfiedPacksBest Effort Author:Gerald R. Ford
“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
“For me, growing up in hip-hop culture, it's all about having the next style, the new fashion, the new way to express yourself, the fly new beat. I can't sit still; I have no nostalgia. I don't have to have nostalgia.” WayStillsI CanCultureNextGrowing UpGrowingFashionStyleBeatsHip HopNostalgiaHipsHopsNew WaysExpress Yourself Author:El-P
“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
“Sorrow like a ceaseless rain Beats upon my heart. People twist and scream in pain-- Dawn will find them still again; This has neither wax nor wane, Neither stop nor start.” PeopleHeartStillsPainMy HeartSorrowBeatsRainDawnScreamTwists Book:The Edna St. Vincent Millay Collection Source: The Edna St. Vincent Millay Collection