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title: "9 Singing Old Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [“singing in the old-fashioned language of this good-hearted man, who sold us Hope at the lowest possible price,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/singing-in-the-old-fashioned-language-of-this-good-hearted-man-who/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/455/anonymous-1_hope_singing-in-the-old-fashioned-language-of_2094941.jpg)

> [I feel most alive when I'm singing along to old gospel music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-hill/i-feel-most-alive-when-i-m-singing-along-to-old-gospel-music/)

[Judith Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-hill/)

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> [When I'm not touring, I sing at home, either at the piano or I'll pick up my guitar, singing old Buck Owens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burton-cummings/when-i-m-not-touring-i-sing-at-home-either-at-the-piano-or-i-ll-pick/)

[Burton Cummings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burton-cummings/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/burton-cummings-35241_buck_when-i-m-not-touring-i-sing-at-home-eith_841336.png)

> [“More and more, he heard his spine playing stick games through his skin, singing old dusty words, the words of all his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/more-and-more-he-heard-his-spine-playing-stick-games-through-his-skin/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/000/sherman-alexie-444_aging_more-and-more-he-heard-his-spine-playing_2646355.png)

> [The thing about Bob Dylan's performative essence is that he keeps singing these old songs as well as the new songs, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-f-thomas/the-thing-about-bob-dylan-s-performative-essence-is-that-he-keeps/)

[Richard F. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-f-thomas/)

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> [“From all the roofs and gables and old wooden houses in Gloucester came a thousand merry voices singing the old Christmas rhymes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beatrix-potter/from-all-the-roofs-and-gables-and-old-wooden-houses-in-gloucester/)

[Beatrix Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beatrix-potter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a24/beatrix-potter-11097_old-songs_from-all-the-roofs-and-gables-and-old-wo_2160656.jpg)

> [When I'm sitting in the church alone, I can hear singing of the old people. I can hear their singing and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-gaines/when-i-m-sitting-in-the-church-alone-i-can-hear-singing-of-the-old/)

[Ernest Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-gaines/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec9/ernest-gaines-15825_church_when-i-m-sitting-in-the-church-alone-i-c_792437.jpg)

> [What I miss today more than anything else - I don't go to church as much anymore - but that old-time religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-gaines/what-i-miss-today-more-than-anything-else-i-don-t-go-to-church-as/)

[Ernest Gaines](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-gaines/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/ernest-gaines-15825_church_what-i-miss-today-more-than-anything-els_1023309.jpg)

> [Now any person who plays an acoustic guitar standing up on stage with a microphone is a folk singer. Some grandmother with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-seeger/now-any-person-who-plays-an-acoustic-guitar-standing-up-on-stage-with/)

[Pete Seeger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-seeger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/pete-seeger-1942_acoustic-guitar_now-any-person-who-plays-an-acoustic-gui_1554101.png)

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