Beats Quotes - page 8

Nothing beats a live performance. Nothing. (Jonathan Demme)
My romantically favorite era is 78, 79 listening to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 4, the live tapes, echo chamber and break beats. View quote
Kool Moe Dee
If you do something really well, the entire world beats a path to your door. The number three, number five, number 400 player gets nothing. It's almost a winner take all. View quote
Lloyd Blankfein
Is there any other job that beats being an astronaut? Who didn't want to be an astronaut? That is my question. View quote
Luca Parmitano
Anytime I sing the anthem, it is an honor and my heart beats out of my chest. View quote
Luke Bryan
A French Republican is a Republican who beats up on conservatives and is constantly praising the Democrats and contributing to the massive spending in this country while they go home and pretend otherwise. View quote
Mark Levin
Portishead's production is just insane beats you would expect to be on a KRS-One album. But then there's this little white girl with an angel voice singing over it. It was a cool juxtaposition. I like 'It's A Fire.' That's a chill song with kind of a military drum thing going on, like a drummer boy. View quote
Anders Holm
Hip-hop has survived as a sonic practice more than anything else. It's an approach to music-making based in sampling and rhyming over beats, that's proven far more versatile than its detractors thought it would. View quote
Ann Powers
Hip hop scholarship must strive to reflect the form it interrogates, offering the same features as the best hip hop: seductive rhythms, throbbing beats, intelligent lyrics, soulful samples, and a sense of joy that is never exhausted in one sitting. View quote
Michael Eric Dyson
Actually, it's great to play with someone who tries to come up with interesting drum beats because it pushes the music in different directions. View quote
Mike Gordon
I definitely feel excited to be able to put really hard beats - like hip-hop beats - behind my music, more than I did before. (Natalia Kills)
True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance. View quote
Pauline Phillips
Why did they do it? Beats the hell out of me. I was just a scared kid from Kentucky, and these guys had been up in the majors for a while. I guess it was because I was just such a helluva nice kid - if you'll accept that. View quote
Pee Wee Reese
For people who love Tribe, I'm the defector. They say, 'You should get back with Ali to do the beats.' But a lot of people don't realize I did all the music in Tribe. In the first three albums, I did all the beats! View quote
Q-Tip
I always have my Beats by Dr. Dre headphones turned up high. I'll probably be deaf by age 50. View quote
Rutina Wesley
A book is a heart that only beats in the chest of another. View quote
Rebecca Solnit
I try to be straightforward and honest with my kids, and I believe nothing beats good old hard work. View quote
Simon Baker
As I got into my teens, I started reading better books, beginning with the Beats and then the hippie writers, people like Wallace Stegner up in Northern California, and all the political New Journalism stuff, the Boys on the Bus dudes and Ken Kesey. View quote
Stephen Gaghan
I really prefer the actual experience of being onstage and living the character from beginning to end with the energy of the audience. There's nothing that beats that feeling, and yet I really have trouble with the eight shows a week. View quote
Sanaa Lathan
The great thing about 'Friday Night Lights,' unlike so many other shows and movies, is that it doesn't take the obvious beats to pull your heartstrings or manipulate you. View quote
Scott Porter
Many people think voice over artists just read, there's much more to it. Without acting beats, scene study and improving skills, you won't make it. (Tara Strong)
I want to make an album with just great beats and big vocals and just amazing lyrics. View quote
Tessanne Chin
I love music, and can dance on the desi beats. Punjabi music is my favourite. I listen to artists like Honey Singh. I love his music. I also love watching Bollywood films. View quote
Vijender Singh
In this place of light: he dares to live Who stops being a bird, yet beats his wings Against the immense immeasurable emptiness of things. View quote
Theodore Roethke
I think hip-hop is really fun right now... and that's why people are using dance beats and singing more. View quote
Wiz Khalifa