I think my life has been a long, slow process of trying to move closer and closer to the spirit by moving closer and closer to the heart. The heart is what's important. — Burl Ives Copy Share Image
The cool wind blew in my face and all at once I felt as if I had shed dullness from myself. Before me lay a long gray line with a black mark down the center. The birds were singing. It… — Burl Ives Copy Share Image
To be a man requires that you accept everything life has to give you, beginning with your name. — Burl Ives Copy Share Image
The human animal is a beast that eventually has to die. If he's got money, he buys and he buys and he buys. The… — Burl Ives Copy Share Image
I think my life has been a long, slow process of trying to move closer and closer to the spirit by moving closer and… — Burl Ives Copy Share Image
I stopped and gazed on the little dull man who was being paid to be a teacher of teachers. I turned and walked to… — Burl Ives Copy Share Image
How I longed to see these things; how I longed to see the Liberty Bell and walk on the streets where Thomas Jefferson, Tom… — Burl Ives Copy Share Image
I got into a brawl one night in a saloon in Greenwich Village. Elia Kazan, a great director, saw me put out a couple… — Burl Ives Copy Share Image
The cool wind blew in my face and all at once I felt as if I had shed dullness from myself. Before me lay… — Burl Ives Copy Share Image
I went to my room and packed a change of clothes, got my banjo, and started walking down the road. Soon I found myself… — Burl Ives Copy Share Image
