“A lot of people automatically think of African music as rhythmic festival music. A lot of it is, but some of the highest moments in our shows have been when we're barely touching our strings. In the same show, people will be dancing in the aisle, and then sitting quietly and you can hear a pin drop.”
Walter Strauss
“I think musically, if you talk to (drummer) Matt Chamberlain, he'll tell you it's really complicated rhythmically.”
Tori Amos
“I always heard it musically, and I guess it's written rhythmically as well,”
Nick Cave
“I always heard it musically, and I guess it's written rhythmically as well ... It's very similar to the way my band operates. There are moments of intense violence and there are also moments of long, lyrical, quiet sadness.”
“This particular musical, the whole thing revolves around trumpet. It's a very rhythmically driven show.”
Solveig Holmquist
“When Kevin takes a solo, ... there is a lot of information. He is thinking in these long rhythmic forms that will last 15 or 20 bars. For example, we will be playing in seven and he will do a pattern that will be in 13 over the top of that. He's just an animal.”
Daniel Hoffman
“Our offense is very rhythmic, ... We couldn't get into our rhythm.”
Daunte Culpepper
