The notion of 'world leadership' is a curiously archaic one. The very phrase is redolent of Kipling ballads and James Bondian adventures.… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
“She dreamt in shades of amethyst, drinking the deep purple elixir in ballads of wood nymphs, tiptoeing by elves that hid in… — Gina Marinello-Sweeney Copy Share Image
I wanted to be different and original but still have it be something my fans could get into. There also are some… — Aaliyah Copy Share Image
I think ballads transcend better into my work when I remix something. — Cedric Gervais Copy Share Image
One thing all the way through the show to me is boring. I don't care how great the artist is. I find… — George Benson Copy Share Image
There's a story behind every old ballad or work song or nonsense song that I ever knew. Sometimes it's a fascinating story.… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
Fergie will sing ballads to the dogs and they'll sit there rapt. You know your wife's a star when she keeps the… — Josh Duhamel Copy Share Image
I subscribe to that school of thespian - to be a wandering minstrel or traveling player, a thing of rags and patches,… — Julian Sands Copy Share Image
Every generation wants to be the last. Every generation hates the next trend in music they can't understand. We hate to give… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I don't just do power ballads. I have a lot of up-tempo stuff, too - like 'Can't Fight the Moonlight.' — Diane Warren Copy Share Image
My sound definitely pays a lot of homage to the Nineties, but not just the dance music. There's also breakbeats, R&B, the… — Kiesza Copy Share Image
I have always been a sucker for ballads, but you have to be careful these days, you can't overload people. — Joe Cocker Copy Share Image
It’s hard to pin down what makes Weiss’ music so distinctive. Perhaps it’s that even in the ballads, the tone is upbeat,… — Carlo Wolff Copy Share Image
I grew up singing ballads, but what I really wanted to get into was the mainstream music on the radio because I… — Jessica Sanchez Copy Share Image
This summer-sweet night is only one minute upon one minute upon another Beautiful cacophony, sugar upon lips, dancing to exhaustion I thought… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Oh, I'm a ballad queen for sure... I don't dig dance stuff very much but I seem to hit the charts with… — Phyllis Hyman Copy Share Image
During the 'ballad' years for me, the politics was latent; I was just falling in love with the ballads and my boyfriend.… — Joan Baez Copy Share Image
It's true, there's a lot of melancholy in my music. I don't know why, I'm not a melancholy person. I've always been… — Norah Jones Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be a solo Westlife - covers and ballads - and the reason I signed with Capitol Records was… — Shane Filan Copy Share Image
Too many musicians rush through everything with too many notes. I need time to take the picture. A ballad should be a… — Shirley Horn Copy Share Image
Through the years I've accumulated this big bag of songs. When I go out I do close to two hours, and it's… — Toby Keith Copy Share Image
Everyone who knows me knows that I'm a hopeless romantic who listens to love ballads and doo-wop songs all the time. — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The reason I've gotten into script-writing, which was accidental to begin with, was that I found it was a far more effective… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
