#rhythm

Music and politics are in essence about communication. Without over-stretching the analogy I do feel a sense of rhythm is important in getting your message across. ↗

— Charles Kennedy

#across #analogy #communication #essence #feel

Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life is a sort of rhythmic progression of three characters. If one tells oneself that life is like that, one feels it less arbitrary. ↗

— Francoise Sagan

#certain #characters #compare #feels #finding

I am exceedingly lucky that my voice, along with perfect pitch and perfect rhythm, was given me at birth. ↗

— Kate Smith

#am #birth #exceedingly #given #i

I grew up doing sitcoms and theater and even playing with the Beach Boys, where you're programmed to perform, your body gets into a rhythm and you know it has to perform. ↗

— John Stamos

#beach boys #body #doing #even #gets

Because I don't play guitar any more, African harmonies and rhythms have been an inspiration to me. I love the raw origin of the sound. It complements my voice and words naturally. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#any #because #been #guitar #harmonies

But since the middle of the century in particular, the music has become very irregular in rhythm. ↗

— Karlheinz Stockhausen

#century #irregular #middle #music #particular

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

— Karlheinz Stockhausen

#body #breathing #heartbeat #identify #repetition

Or the other process that is important is that I compress longer sections of composed music, either found or made by myself, to such an extent that the rhythm becomes a timbre, and formal subdivisions become rhythm. ↗

— Karlheinz Stockhausen

#becomes #composed #compress #either #extent

I took several years of dance lessons that included ballet, tap and jazz. They helped a great deal with body control, balance, a sense of rhythm, and timing. ↗

— Lynn Swann

#ballet #body #control #dance #deal

And I like messing around in the engine room of music. Seeing what happens in the rhythm section area. ↗

— Bill Bruford

#around #engine #happens #i #like