This is truth the poet sings . . .

The winter moon becomes a companion, the heart of the priest, sunk in meditation upon religion and philosophy, there in the mountain hall, is…

— Yasunari Kawabata

I am a romantic poet that sings your songs and crave your touch; until that day comes I will continue to inscribe into your…

— Mai Love

“When a poet speaks of truth to another poet, what hope has truth?”

— Steven Erikson

Fact is not truth, but a poet who willfully defies fact cannot achieve truth.

— Robert Graves

The "truth" is the poem itself. Just because someone writes a poem about a feeling she has does not mean that the feeling will…

— Denise Duhamel

Fact is not truth, but a poet who wilfully defies fact cannot achieve truth.

— Robert Graves

The voice gets to the soul of a person more than any other instrument. Because it's the voice. It sings talks, it cries, it…

— Bobby McFerrin

I always sings too long and too loud.

— Huddie William Ledbetter

I remember being a bathtub singer. You know, the type that sings and everybody's like, 'Shut up.'

— Sean Paul

He who sings frightens away his ills.

— Miguel de Cervantes

My sparrow, she flickers and wakes and sings and sings.

— Lisa Ann Sandell

“No man sings as beautifully as when his song is accompanied by a woman’s voice.”

— Roman Payne

I saw 'Mahogany' and 'Lady Sings the Blues' when I was little and thought, 'That's what I want to do.'

— Tamara Taylor

“He looks about the room at the few sticks of furniture, at the dirty bed sheets and the wash basin with the dirty water…

— Henry Miller

I'm not a singer, a walking instrument like Aretha Franklin. When you get an Iggy Pop record, you don't get "Iggy Sings." I am…

— Iggy Pop