Edward Hirsch Quotes

Rhythm is the life of space of time danced through.

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.

Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central nervous system.

Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.

Music is the expression of the movement of the waters, the play of curves described by changing breezes.

You need a pulse in a film. If I see a film that doesn't have rhythm, it's like listening to music that doesn't have rhythm; it doesn't really work.

I like to stay in the rhythm of things.

As a dancer, I love music that makes me want to move.

Repetition is based on body rhythms, so we identify with the heartbeat, or with walking, or with breathing.

I have always had a certain rhythmic approach to my work.

I play more rhythmically than I do a lot of notes.

The best way to express rhythm is music.

There's not much music I'll listen to if it doesn't have pretty heavy swing. Rhythm is so important. Punk rock would have more power and feeling if it had swing.

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.

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

I know that a song is working when I can properly dance on it.

If we don't put some acting in a dance song, no one would be able to dance on it.

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

We were built to be rhythmic.

When I watch drummers, I always want to see energy. It's not about the proficiency of the musicianship; I'm just into the vibe and excitement of it. With drums, it's such a primeval thing.

Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.

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

I can't dance.

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

People like to hear songs that they can dance to. Even if they're sitting, they like being made to want to dance and move. By me being a dancer, I know how I'd dance at certain tempos. I was always good at it.