Alice Smith Quotes

Music, not sex, got me aroused.

There's nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody. A lot of times I have, and the song wasn't that good, but I would get lost in that melody, and I'd want to do the song.

Rhythm is God. I think, without rhythm, you can't create - there is no art.

Rhythm is sound in motion. It is related to the pulse, the heartbeat, the way we breathe. It rises and falls. It takes us into ourselves; it takes us out of ourselves.

There's such a huge difference between a great arrangement of riffs and a song. Sometimes the two can be the same. But the difference is a song doesn't necessarily need a riff, whereas a riff doesn't necessarily mean you've got a good song on your hands.

As long as it's good music, that's what's important.

I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way.

Music deals with time and timing. It's so magical, but when you get into it, every little sound and every little space between the sounds, it's critical, so critical. And if it's not there, it not only feels wrong, but it ruins things.

Drums just always sounded like the most fun part of that good music for me.

The songs in 'Wonderland' don't have a melodic life for me - I'm not a musical person - but they have an emotional life, an emotional echo perhaps.

All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.

If there was a wrong note, it didn't matter as long as it was rocking.

I think I put a lot of special attention towards creating interesting textures and unique sounds. Music essentially boils down to two main elements: rhythm and melody. I feel tones and textures often get overlooked, so I like to take my time finding the right sounds.

I'm attached to the beat. The beat speaks words. I love music.

There is always space for good music.

He alone is great who turns the voice of the wind into a song made sweeter by his own loving.

Sound is more than just noise. Ordered sound is music. My life is music.

I'm inspired by the sheer ingenuity and intelligence possessed by my fellow band mates.

When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep; it is on such occasions that ideas flow best and most abundantly.

Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through.

The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness.

Music is your guide.

I have a visual sense for the music. It has to stay true to a certain sense of period. I rely on a sense of colors and mood in my approach to the arrangement.

Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: Deliciusness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good.

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point.