Famous quotes containing the words rhythm and, rhythm, blues and/or history:
“Our choice is clear,
we may share
your choice,
declare
meaning and rhythm and grace
in each daily act.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“Our choice is clear,
we may share
your choice,
declare
meaning and rhythm and grace
in each daily act.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“The blues women had a commanding presence and a refreshing robustness. They were nurturers, taking the yeast of experience, kneading it into dough, molding it and letting it grow in their minds to bring the listener bread for sustenance, shaped by their sensibilities.”
—Rosetta Reitz, U.S. author. As quoted in The Political Palate, ch. 10, by Betsey Beaven et al. (1980)
“Certainly there is not the fight recorded in Concord history, at least, if in the history of America, that will bear a moment’s comparison with this, whether for the numbers engaged in it, or for the patriotism and heroism displayed.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)