Bops Quotes & Sayings

The vow that binds too strictly snaps itself. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

Bop is at the end of the road. Now everybody wants dance music. — Dizzy Gillespie

Chris Washburne is a superior hard bop player ... — Scott Yanow

She bops around really energetically but she's also still. Like she's moving her torso but her feet don't move, and then sometimes she'll take one step, and it feels like a thesis statement. Like it is a topic sentence about her butt. — Aimee Bender

We ought to give thanks for all fortune: if it is good, because it is good; if bad, because it works in us patience, humility, contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country. — C.S. Lewis

IF YOU CAN'T CONTROL PEOPLE, THEN CONTROL YOUR REACTION TO THEM. IF YOU CAN'T CONTROL A SITUATION, THEN PREPARE FOR IT. — Lilly Singh

If you really understand the meaning of be-bop, you understand the meaning of freedom. — Thelonious Monk

Rob Mullins is a diverse keyboardist capable of both crossover and bop. — Scott Yanow

There's no such thing as bop music, but there's such a thing as progress. — Coleman Hawkins

It's hard to swallow your pride. That's why I slather mine in mayonnaise. — Stephen Colbert

It's a fucking pharmaceutical conspiracy, Eve. We've wiped out just about every known plague, disease, and infection. Oh, we come up with a new one every now and again, to give the researchers something to do. But none of these bright-eyed medical types, none of the medi-computers can figure out how to cure the common fucking cold. You know why?"
Even couldn't stop the smile. She waited patiently until Mavis finished another bout of explosive sneezing. "Why?"
"Because the pharmaceutical companies need to sell drugs. You know what a damn sinus tab costs? You can get anticancer injections cheaper. I swear it. — J.D. Robb

The feeble-minded, the neurotic, the criminal, perhaps, also, the artist, have unpredictability and perverted innocence in common. — Truman Capote

Tell them we'll be dancing, dancing 'til we drop, it's time to get down and do the Horizontal Bop. — Bob Seger

My tastes range all over the place, from vocal standards to Motown to 70s funk & soul to 80s pop to film scores to artists like R.E.M., Ben Folds, Prince, Annie Lennox, the Police, Elvis Costello, Cat Stevens, the Ditty Bops, local bands that friends of mine are in, and the list goes on ... I have no single favorite genre or artist. — Stephanie D'Abruzzo

Moreover, the more deeply a view is ingrained, the less likely we will see it as influencing us - or see it at all. If you want to know what water is, don't ask the fish.
(Kindle Locations 1550-1551) — Mitch Stokes

In a way, the history of jazz's development is a small mirror of classical music's development through the centuries. Now jazz is a living form of original music, while classical music has gotten to the end of its cycle in terms of exploring its form. — Mike Figgis

Some guys said 'Here's bop!' Wham! They said, 'Here's something we can make money on!' Wham! 'Here's a comedian!' Wham! Here's a guy who talks funny talk!' — Charlie Parker

The fact is, as soon as you start with words you're locked into a debate, forced to take a position with respect to others, confirming or rebutting what has been said before. — Tim Parks

Bop is no love-child of jazz. — Charlie Parker

I don't like to hear someone put down dixieland. Those people who say there's no music but bop are just stupid; it shows how much they don't know. — Miles Davis

When I was a kid, dressing right and looking good was a priority. As I grew up, I just wanted to stay that way, stick out a bit and have my own thing. That's where white belts and wearing some colors started. So signing with Puma was a great fit for me. I usually travel with nine pairs of golf shoes and 10 belts. — Rickie Fowler

I think there is nothing more lovely than the love of two beautiful women who are not envious of each other's charms. — Benjamin Disraeli

I was washing dishes at the Greyhound bus station at the time and I said, 'Awap bop a lup bop a wop bam boom, take 'em out!' — Little Richard

We've had nothing but support from everybody in the dance world for a National Dance Day. — Nigel Lythgoe

Behind him Kaldar nudged Urow's youngest son. "Bet you he lasts at least thirty seconds."
"Um ... " Gaston looked at him. "No he won't."
"Bet me something."
"I don't have anything."
Kaldar grimaced. "Pick up that rock."
Gaston swiped the rock off the ground.
"Now you have a rock. I bet this five bucks against your rock."
Gaston grinned. "Deal. — Ilona Andrews