The world's history is a divine poem, of which the history of every nation is a canto, and every man a word.… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
I would just be constantly writing all these zingers - like, 'Burn. That would really get her.' And I know people are… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I like myself better when I'm writing regularly. ... I was influenced a lot by those around me-there was a lot of… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was… — John Keats Copy Share Image
Each one of us in Café Tacvba is a composer and we come to the group with songs written out, musically and… — Ruben Isaac Albarran Ortega Copy Share Image
Writing songs is no different than explaining to somebody what you dreamed last night: No one ever gives you crap for what… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I never experimented with the hoddu like I wanted to do. Like on the song "Allah Addu," the hoddu and the voice… — Baaba Maal Copy Share Image
We were on a tour, and there were some chord formations that were tough for me to play when I was a… — Jorma Kaukonen Copy Share Image
I'd love to do a song with Tom Waits. Around when I was like 17 or 18, my buddy, D-Money, put me… — Alexander Spit Copy Share Image
Tears and fears and feeling proud To say I love you, right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds I've looked… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
My life is not this steeply sloping hour, in which you see me hurrying. Much stands behind me; I stand before it… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
I'm not playing up to pretend, I don't live above my means. In my song "96 Cris" I say, "...My bills too… — Dom Kennedy Copy Share Image
Not only do we mock the Eurovision Song Contest itself, but we lampoon other European countries for taking it so seriously, and… — Marcus Berkmann Copy Share Image
For the first records I really never thought about anything other than the song itself. I thought that this was what the… — Marissa Nadler Copy Share Image
Well, the first thing I do is I try to listen to whatever rapping is already on the track. I listen for… — Bun B Copy Share Image
Pete Townsend for me was a huge influence. Because essentially they were a three-piece band and the way he structured his chords… — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
I hope it might help players have confidence in our own ways, and not to be afraid of them, as Bernstein showed… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds, and sometimes he needs somebody, his pal… — Clark Gable Copy Share Image
I think there are people that still hold on that like Heavy Metal like a bit of what is going on now,… — Tina Turner Copy Share Image
Often for me, if I hear a song I know, it clicks for me and I hear it in a different way… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
Sarah turned her narrow-eyed gaze on him, making me glad once more that Antimony's comic books got it wrong, and telepaths can't… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
EVERYONE suddenly burst out singing; And I was filled with such delight As prisoned birds must find in freedom, Winging wildly across… — Siegfried Sassoon Copy Share Image
“...And yet a knowledge is here that tenses the throat as for song: the inheritance of the ones, alive or once alive,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“Pretend mic in hand, she danced into the bedroom, singing Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy." She executed a few dance… — Vonnie Davis Copy Share Image
“songs where your voice needs to be raspy,” I took another step towards her, she hung her head to avoid me seeing… — B. Love Copy Share Image
I'd always believed that any song worth singing is worth putting harmony on. When it comes time for the harmonies to come… — Charlie Louvin Copy Share Image
I got a chance to get an actual label. I performed this slow song, this ballad I have. I just remember going… — Chris Brown Copy Share Image
Both of you’ll just have to believe me. Emma’s one of those women who was born with… The thing is, the minute… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
I loved you, you made me, hate me. You gave me hate see? It saved me and these tears are deadly. You… — Hollywood Undead Copy Share Image
“They tell the story of a man who’s drowning in his love for a woman. Drowning, but he can still breathe fine.… — Laurelin Paige Copy Share Image
I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job.… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
“The artist tries to show reason in experience and appearance – and lyric is the daily appearance, the commonplace dress, of reason.… — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
I just want the songs to have the staying power as my favorite songs. If you listen to any Hank Williams song,… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
“She has the sort of body you go to see in marble. She has golden hair. Quickly, deftly, she reaches with both… — John McPhee Copy Share Image
I consider myself to be an inept pianist, a bad singer, and a merely competent songwriter. ... I'm probably writing music now… — Billy Joel Copy Share Image
She sang a song that sounds like life; I mean it was sad. Délira knew no other types ofsongs. She didn't sing… — Jacques Roumain Copy Share Image
I think a lot of electronic musicians are drawn to starting with texture because the whole reason we're working with electronics is… — Dan Deacon Copy Share Image
I use a lot of specific places in my songs - traditionally, a lot from Minneapolis and St. Paul, where I grew… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
So long as the Constitution is not amended beyond recognition, so long as elections are held regularly and fairly and the ethos… — Ramachandra Guha Copy Share Image
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