Iman Shumpert Quotes

Music drives you. It wakes you up, it gets you pumping. And, at the end of the day, the correct tune will chill you down.

The music has to drive you. That's just it. You follow it. You follow the songs.

I like to stay in the rhythm of things.

Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through.

Life is about rhythm. We vibrate, our hearts are pumping blood, we are a rhythm machine, that's what we are.

Music is a great energizer. It's a language everybody knows.

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.

An important part of being in a band is the rhythm section.

For a long time I have compared cinema to music, I think cinema has a lot to do with the rhythm of music.

To me, dance music is a lot of space - to listen to other things than melodies. I think club music and dance music really require a different way of listening.

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

The core of all the music I love is a good bass line and a good rhythm.

The more rocking, the better.

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

We were built to be rhythmic.

I'm looking for all types of sounds. Anything that has soul and funk in it, no matter the genre.

At the root of all power and motion, there is music and rhythm, the play of patterned frequencies against the matrix of time, Before we make music, music makes us.

Everything moves, and everything moves to a rhythm. And everything that moves to a rhythm creates a sound. At this moment, the same thing is happening here and everywhere else in the world.

There is music wherever there is rhythm, as there is life wherever there beats a pulse.

Rhythm is the pulse of music.

The melodies are always the most important part to me. I am pulled more to the groove than the chord progression. After you find the groove, you find the most simple chord progressions and then sit inside that groove.

Obviously, I like the drums to be heard. I think they're important.

I like a nice rumble on bass, openness on guitar and drums that breathe.

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

I connect so much with Peter Gabriel's sound because, to me, he always had that South African vibe. His drums were always something to move to: it was almost like Calypso. I'm a big fan.