Johnny Mathis

I think it's important to cultivate as many people as you can to see which ones you jive with. And it makes you happy. If one dies, you have another one. So living is a process that you have to do by yourself, and if you can learn a few little goodies along the way that might make it easier for you, so much the better.

American Musician

Josh Homme

The problem is that music is selfish in that you need to make it for yourself, so that you can give it away, and those two things don't jive. I needed to find the right reason to play that had the magic and mystery and excitement that made me want to play in the first place.

Muhammad Ali

I would say things like 'I am the greatest! I'm pretty! If you talk jive, you'll drop in five! I float like a butterfly, sting like a bee! I'm pretty!' When white people heard me talking like this, some said, 'That black man talks too much. He's bragging.

American Boxer

Yuna

Sometimes when you're a songwriter, you kind of have this egotistic thing: you just want to write something that you love, and you don't care about if people like it or not, but personally, I want to write something that people can jive to.

Malaysian Musician

John Astin

One of the great things about being recognized is that you receive this feedback from people. It is easy to see how sincere people are. It's nothing fake or jive. They're giving sincere appreciation. And it's not that easy to express.

American Actor

Kenny Omega

John Cena is one of the great WWE talents that I respect most. If I were to end up there, working with someone of his caliber would certainly be a goal and jive with my mission of changing wrestling.

Canadian Athlete

Laila Rouass

I thought the Charleston would be a bit like the jive, but it isn't really.

British Actress

A. J. Pritchard

There are dances you can do separately - your charleston, your jive.

British Dancer

Prodigy

Jive is a good label, but they're R&B'ed out.

Kris Allen

Jive as a musical term refers specifically to a style with upbeat rhythm, not just any music.

Music Genre

'Jive' often evokes a retro atmosphere, linked to the time when swing and jazz were most popular.

Period Specific

The word 'jive' conveys a sense of energy and liveliness, suitable for lively occasions.

Energetic Dance

Jive as misleading talk is informal slang, not suitable for formal writing or speaking.

Colloquial Slang

Using 'jive' to describe talking suggests disapproval and could offend if misunderstood.

Negative Connotation

Jiving requires certain steps and moves; it's not just freestyle dancing to fast music.

Specific Dance Moves

Jiving is a social activity, often done at parties or dance halls with a partner.

Social Activity

Describing someone's words as 'jive' casually dismisses their statements as not serious or untrue.

Casual Dismissal

Referring to talk as 'jive' hints that the speaker is being inauthentic or purposefully confusing.

Inauthenticity

 We've come from an age of revolution, industrial revolution, an age of information, an age of knowledge, but we're not any closer to the age of wisdom. How we design, how do we organize, for more wisdom? So for example, many times, what's the smartest or the intelligent decision doesn't jive.

Ricardo Semler: Radical...

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Jive

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Energetic Dance

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