Phrasing Quotes

Yes, I heard my people singing!--in the glow of parlor coal-stove and on summer porches sweet with lilac air, from choir loft and Sunday morning pews--and my soul was filled with their harmonies. Then, too, I heard these songs in the very sermons of my father, for in the Negro's speech there is much of the phrasing and rhythms of folk-song. The great, soaring gospels we love are merely sermons that are sung; and as we thrill to such gifted gospel singers as Mahalia Jackson, we hear the rhythmic eloquence of our preachers, so many of whom, like my father, are masters of poetic speech. - Paul Robeson

Would probably tell you that he would use some different phrasing. - Vicente Fox

Very important information we're going to be missing in this production is the dialect. It's like the phrasing and the way of thinking is so different. - Patryk Czaplicki

This (Bush's pledge) is a landmark bit of phrasing which I am sure was at least partly calculated. - Patrick Cronin

They have used this sort of phrasing every so often. - Hiroyuki Hosoda

There are many gods with a small g. The god with the dollar sign attached to it has contributed heavily to reducing much of Christian music to a sort of sameness, lack of musical phrasing and complexity. Much of it is very recognizable pop music phrases redone. As far as the music goes, there even seems to be a near elimination of melody in some of the present-day worship. Uniqueness has been slowly disappearing for years. - Ray Davidson

The phrasing of it is so atypical, almost original. I think it's an important indicator of what kind of justice he might be. - David Garrow

The mistake that people make in stand-up is thinking they're profound or they're deep when there are so many people who have more worthwhile ways of phrasing things. - Colin Quinn

The first time I saw him perform was at the Montreal Jazz Festival in 1994 and I cried, and everyone in the club cried. I'm fascinated by his phrasing. He's been an inspiration to a lot of people. - Dee Dee Bridgewater

Some players, they have all their licks memorized. They think about what they're going to play, but I try to think about what not to play. Tone and phrasing, that's what's important - less is more. The feeling, that's the thing. - Charlie Musselwhite