Music Rhythm Quotes

I mean, in the course of an evening, people will take a solo here and there, but generally it's all about the rhythm of that music. Dealing with the rhythm with everything. That's essentially at least my concept of what that group is.

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.

The heart of a music is its rhythm. The heart of rhythm section music is the rhythm.

For some music, lyrically, the best move is to keep it simple in what it is that you are saying, and just kind of come across in your rhythm and the way that you lock in on the music.

Music and physical activity goes hand in hand. Music and basketball, man.

Berry's On Top is probably my favorite record of all time; it defines rock and roll. A lot of people have done Chuck Berry songs, but to get that feel is really hard. It's the rock and roll thing-the push-pull and the rhythm of it.

I usually write to the beat. Really, the beat can make the song itself.

Songs should have an infectious melody and rhythm.

My true belief about Rock 'n' Roll--and there have been a lot of phrases attributed to me over the years--is this: I believe this kind of music is demonic. ... A lot of the beats in music today are taken from voodoo, from the voodoo drums. If you study music in rhythms, like I have, you'll see that is true. I believe that kind of music is driving people from Christ. It is contagious

In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its commercial value would certainly be more tenuous.

Good, effective pop music isn't just verbal language. It takes a good physical beat to make you feel something.

The golf swing is very, very rhythmic. There's a certain tempo to it, just like in music.

All syncopation means is accenting beats that you don't normally accent.

All the records I've made have pretty much been big club turntable records. You need to feel the rhythm.

I wanted to capture the excitement of house music, almost like a four-four beat, and the best way to do that was to use a language that was rhythmic and performative.