Eddie Van Halen

And if I would have taken lessons I probably wouldn't have done it, and what forced me to do all this weird stuff on the guitar was I couldn't afford effects pedals, I didn't have all this stuff when I was a kid so I just tried to squeeze all the weird noises I could out of the guitar, which brings me to building guitars.

Dutch Musician

Teri Garr

Speed bumps, I was thinking, you know, you're driving along, everything's OK, and then there's a speed bump to go, 'Slow down.' Go over it real slowly, and you hit the pedal, and you keep going, and I just thought it was kind of a nice metaphor for life.

American Actress

Sturgill Simpson

I thought it was hilarious when 'Brace for Impact' was released, and people said I had abandoned country, even though the song is dripping with pedal steel. If anything, that tells me I'm making progress.

American Musician

Paolo Nutini

I write on the acoustic guitar, I write some on the piano, but I've been messing around with these guitar pedals and drum machines, educating myself in that world.

Scottish Musician

Charlie Trotter

Life's too short. You may be on this planet for 80 years at best or who knows, but you can't just pedal around and do the same thing forever.

American Celebrity

Claude Pepper

Life is like riding a bicycle: you don't fall off unless you stop pedaling.

American Politician

Travis Kalanick

As an entrepreneur, I try to push the limits. Pedal to the metal.

American Businessman

Sheri L. Dew

I drove a tractor almost as soon as I could reach the pedals.

American Author

Jeff Beck

I do a very poor man's pedal steel on the Stratocaster.

British Musician

Lance Armstrong

I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.

American Cyclist

A pedal typically makes something move or stop; learning its use helps control the pace.

Control and Movement

In vehicles, there are usually two or three pedals for different functions.

Car Components

The physical feel of a pedal can indicate its function, like resistance when braking.

Physical Sensation

Pedaling is a repetitive action, often associated with bikes or exercise equipment.

Continuous Action

The phrase 'pedaling hard' suggests using a lot of effort or energy.

Effort Intensity

Pedaling uphill is harder and symbolizes challenging tasks in general.

Uphill Struggle

In music, pedals can change the sound's duration, volume, and texture.

Musical Effect

Different pedals on instruments have specific roles, like muting or sustaining.

Specific Pedal Roles

Using piano pedals is a technique that pianists learn to add expressiveness.

Piano Technique

 and we know people feel much better about their lives when they do this. So what's the take home here? Screens are miraculous; I've already said that, and I feel that it's true. But the way we use them is a lot like driving down a really fast, long road, and you're in a car where the accelerator is mashed to the floor, it's kind of hard to reach the brake pedal. You've got a choice.

Why our screens make us...

 And I kinda, like, my first instinct was, like, just look forward and hope that he's not coming towards me, you know? I was like, "If I don't make eye contact, he won't notice." And so I keep pedaling but that actually just like made him more upset. Understandably. And so, I mean, it worked out fine. Basically, you paid him and it worked out fine.

Sufferfest: 700 Miles of...

 and automatically, the animal switches to swimming. This is amazing. Just changing the global drive, as if you are pressing the gas pedal of descending modulation to your spinal cord, makes a complete switch between two very different gaits. And in fact, the same has been observed in cats. If you stimulate the spinal cord of a cat,

A robot that runs and...

 really makes a difference so the next time you hear a classical piano classical music don't just write it off take a second and think about it think if you can hear the loose wrist the flowing body and the tempered pedal hopefully have helped you to appreciate classical music a little more and

A lesson in classical...

 your feet to control the rudder pedals to control the airplane on the ground I said no I can't use my legs he went oh I said but I can use my hands and he said okay so he got over to the runway and applied the power and as we took off down the runway when the wheels lifted

A broken body isn't a...

 such as rocking chairs and exercise bikes, and even floor elliptical machines, allowing kids to pedal underneath their desks. These changes encouraged kids to stay in the classroom, helping them to focus and learn. And when less kids are disrupting, all kids do better.

Creative ways to get...

 because you should have kept your foot on the gas pedal. Don't leave before you leave. Stay in. Keep your foot on the gas pedal, until the very day you need to leave to take a break for a child -- and then make your decisions. Don't make decisions too far in advance,

Why we have too few...

 The crisis is almost certainly deepening around us. It will be worse at the end of this year, quite possibly worse in a year's time than it is today. But this is one of those very rare moments when we have to choose whether we're just pedaling furiously

Geoff Mulgan:...

 and that deep amygdala emotional brain center had essentially been severed. And as a consequence, the amygdala was responding far more reactively due to a lack of sleep. It's almost as though without sleep we become all emotional accelerator pedal,

How sleep affects your...

 And at the lower end, the retention pond collects all of the water. At this pond, there are water bikes. People can pedal and help clean water.