Whirling Dervish Quotes

• Not to get too depressing, I've always been a slight whirling dervish in my life. I've always been at once a very spritely and energetic hilarious lady, but at the same time there is an equal dark side that's as comparable to the jovial - constantly walking on the high wire trying to figure out who to be each day.

  Karen Elson

  Depressing, Dark, Trying

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I want a performance style that's more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a creative artist, not a whirling dervish.

  Scott Weiland

  Artist, Emotional, Creative

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• Guess what: God created beings not to act in a morality play but to
  experience what is unfathomable, to elicit what can become, to descend
  into the darkness of creation and reveal it to him, to mourn and celebrate
  enigma and possibility. The universe is a whirling dervish, not a hanging
  judge in robes.

  Richard Grossinger

  Play, Judging, Darkness

  Richard Grossinger (2012). “On the Integration of Nature: Post-9/11 Biopolitical Notes”, p.78, North Atlantic Books

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• How could I have not known about Ume? An Austin trio fronted by a whirling dervish of singer guitarist who in the standard PR band head shot looks like she wouldn't hurt a fly; yet give her a guitar, a Marshall stack and a mic and stand back, way back. She shreds. File under - Do Not Overlook and Go Tell Your Friends

  Dave Allen

  Hurt, Guitar, Giving

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• This group came on stage, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and this whirling dervish, this electrifying white soul singer was so riveting. And I'm seeing this and I said, 'My God, this is a musical revolution.'

  Clive Davis

  Brother, White, Soul

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• Donald Trump is this whirling dervish of chaos. He picked a fight with Mexico. Germany is not far behind. He will pick a fight with them. He will pick a fight with China, which would be truly cataclysmic.

  David Brooks

  Fighting, Germany, Would Be

  Source: www.pbs.org

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