Anthem Quotes · Page 3

'Free Fallin'' is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn't become this huge anthem.…

— Tom Petty

Southcliffe is an anthem to ordinary peoples ability to reinvent themselves in the face of ultimate darkness.

— Joe Dempsie

Red, white, blue's in the skies, summer's in the air and baby, heaven's in your eyes. I'm your National Anthem.

— Lana Del Rey

I sing the National Anthem, while I'm standing, over your body, hold you like a python.

— Lana Del Rey

Three-quarters of the flags, borders and anthems sitting at the U.N. today were not there 60 some-odd years ago.

— Juan Enriquez

I will never stand for a national anthem again. I will turn my back and I will raise a fist.

— Jesse Ventura

I see the crowd singing 'Rock 'N Roll' or 'Back Road' at my concerts... they are anthems and they lift up your…

— Rodney Atkins

I wrote my own anthem: it's called 'Mariah's Theme.' It's on the 'Rainbow' album from '99. Back in the day.

— Mariah Carey

My dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years. And when he opened his campaign headquarters back in…

— Harry Connick, Jr

I had a gig in Sweden. There were thousands of people there, and when I launched into 'I'm Yours,' they were all…

— Jason Mraz

My ultimate, ultimate go-to is 'The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill.' I grew up on that. I feel like it's an anthem for…

— Naomi Ackie

I know these are going to sound like school reading-list suggestions, but if you like dystopian fiction, you should check out some…

— Sara Shepard

...Surely, we must renounce nationalism and all its symbols: its flags, its pledges of allegiance, its anthems, its insistence in song that…

— Howard Zinn

And, you know, being able to wear the stars and stripes, when you step up on one of the blocks or, you…

— Michael Phelps

I was in the recording studio when Pink was recording for a part of the gay rights anthem. It was just amazing…

— Judd Apatow

Fogeydom is the last bastion of the bore and reminiscence is its anthem. It is futile to want the old days back,…

— Paul Theroux

People sometimes ask: Is Putin a clever man? Yes, he's clever in his own way, when it comes to political intrigue, and…

— Vladimir Voinovich

Mitt Romney's rally in Mansfield, Ohio, on Monday began the way every political event begins. 'Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance…

— Ari Shapiro

It's time for a new National Anthem. America is divided into two definite divisions. The easy thing to cop out with is…

— Jimi Hendrix

Is not nationalism - that devotion to a flag, an anthem, a boundary so fierce it engenders mass murder - one of…

— Howard Zinn

So . . . middle school? Awkward.Having a hobby that's different from everyone else's? Awkward. Singing the national anthem on weekends instead…

— Taylor Swift

Twenty centuries of 'progress' have brought the average citizen a vote, a national anthem, a Ford, a bank account, and a high…

— Aldo Leopold

But I still wonder how it was possible, in those graceless years of transition, long ago, that men did not see whither…

— Ayn Rand

There's not one club in Europe with an anthem like You'll Never Walk Alone. There's not one club in the world so…

— Johan Cruijff

'Anthem' was the record that almost didn't get made for a completely different reason than 'Underneath.'

— Isaac Hanson

The white cracker who wrote the National Anthem knew what he was doing. He set the word "free" to a note so…

— Tony Kushner

People who tend to listen to my music have come back and said, 'Yo, this is my anthem. This is what I…

— Big Sean

Hearing the national anthem with U.S.A. across your chest is something I never really imagined me being able to do.

— Alex Caruso

On the House Un-American Activities Committee: They'll nail anyone who ever scratched his ass during the National Anthem.

— Humphrey Bogart

I came from a military family, so there are a lot of things I think about when the anthem is playing.

— Sean Doolittle

If you think the last four words to the national anthem are " gentleman, start your engines", You might be a redneck.

— Jeff Foxworthy

'American Idiot' is not only one of my favorite albums of all time, it's become an anthem of a generation.

— Tom Kitt

Black people beating whites when a thug got shot holding a gun by a black officer haha (expletive) cracks me up! Keep…

— Steve Clevenger

The British press isn't as vicious as it used to be, and these days it's sort of cool to care again. Everyone…

— Guy Garvey

We legitimately walked into 'Anthem' head-on, not paying enough attention to internal band tension.

— Isaac Hanson

I've never been more nervous in my life than singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl.

— Kelly Clarkson

In the original novel [ Anthem], the story unfolds in the mind of a single character. Maybe that's why Ayn Rand called…

— Jeff Britting

Who can fail to mist at Fergie's anthem, 'My humps, my humps, my lovely lady lumps.' Hmmm. 'My lunch, my lunch, I…

— Celia Rivenbark

The beauty of all these years of singing the anthem is that I got a chance to meet athletes that I love,…

— Jeffrey Osborne

I think every time we sing the national anthem for our country, playing for the Matildas, it's such a big moment.

— Sam Kerr