I fell for her in summer, my lovely summer girl, From summer she is made, my lovely summer girl, I’d love to… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
In Prison Wearily, drearily, Half the day long, Flap the great banners High over the stone; Strangely and eerily Sounds the wind's… — William Morris Copy Share Image
When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me; Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress… — Christina Rossetti Copy Share Image
I think on the first album, my aim was to write a good song and have a good melody, and I wanted… — Emeli Sande Copy Share Image
I write songs by sitting around in bars, so drinking songs are a little obvious. It's surprising that I don't write entirely… — Stephin Merritt Copy Share Image
A professional entertainer who allows himself to become known as a singer of folk songs is bound to have trouble with his… — Sam Hinton Copy Share Image
I don't really have a set-in-stone process or formula. Sometimes the melody is there and I have to chase down the lyrics.… — Kasey Anderson Copy Share Image
When I was 18 years old, I went on the road with my dad after I graduated from high school. And we… — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
Another girl another line anothe girl pretending shes fine another hour another day she wishesshe could get away another heartbreak another tear… — Cecy Copy Share Image
“Songs of myself These are really the thoughts of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me,… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
“Deana Carter sings about it. Lady Antebellum sings about it. Eric Church. Gosh, not just country artists. Katy Perry. Everybody has a… — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
I want to do a stripped-down album. That style is actually where my heart is - storytelling and just letting the voice… — Lykke Li Copy Share Image
The fact is that all the recording science and technology in the world is no substitute for a good song or for… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
from the complications of loving you i think there is no end or return. no answer, no coming out of it. which… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
The visual side of being a performer or in a band is, to me, as important as the music. I know not… — Tamaryn Copy Share Image
Be strong: we are not here to play, to dream, to drift, we have hard work to do and loads to lift,… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
Lucivar winced. "She guzzled half the flask — and it wasn't one of his home brews, it was the concoction you created."… — Anne Bishop Copy Share Image
Thank you so much, it really is a pleasure. While the boys chose a selection of songs that cast an eye inward… — Rachel Berry Copy Share Image
I'm no longer beholden to the sacredness of the recorded song as some kind of ultimate standard by which every performance of… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
One of the interesting things about Los Angeles is that it's still supplying the whole of the world with its dreams through… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
I guess it was this over-riding feeling I wanted people to get from the album - a kind of positivity. On the… — Sarah Blasko Copy Share Image
I really do seek to create music that is timeless, ... Each project takes on its own life, and the songs from… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
Then the musical instruments appeared. Dad’s snare drum from the house, Henry’s guitar from his car, Adam’s spare guitar from my room.… — Gayle Forman Copy Share Image
somebody/ anybody sing a black girl's song bring her out to know herself to know you but sing her rhythms carin/ struggle/… — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
One song isn't going to ever change things, but I suppose it's the accumulation of music generally [that is]. If you can… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
I had this idea when I was in the hospital, .. It seems like every year I always have different people come… — Andrew McMahon Copy Share Image
We went down [Folsom Prison] and there's a rodeo at all these shows that the prisoners have there. And in between the… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
I asked her, "Are you an optimist or a pessimist?" She looked at her watch and said, "I'm optimistic." "Then I have… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
What a wonderful song, she thought-everything was wonderful tonight, most of all this romantic scene in the den with their hands clinging… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I guess I have some kind of a visceral connection with drums. I'm looking to create music that people can react to… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
As soon as you start to think of that thing that you want to convey or say, you can always just say… — Ariel Pink Copy Share Image
I have always been involved with radio, whether it was as an artist talking to radio about my own songs, or as… — MC Serch Copy Share Image
All you gotta do is think of the song in your head. And it doesn't matter whether you can play it or… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
“A stream of notes travelled through the ventilation shafts of a small nightclub in the city’s old quarter and drifted onto the… — Jeremy Duns Copy Share Image
I bear my testimony that there is no joy to be found in all this world like that of sweet communion with… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I enjoy making music alone, and I like keeping my options open for how I release my own songs. But everybody in… — Daniel Rossen Copy Share Image
My soul was a burden, bruised and bleeding. It was tired of the man who carried it, but I found no place… — Wally Lamb Copy Share Image
Operation Peter Pan spanned from 1960-62 whereby over 14,000 children were sent away from their families in Cuba, some never to reunite… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
I certainly should have,' he agrees, smiling and thinking what an absurd and universally-accepted bit of nonsense it is, that your best… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
The band and I were leading at a Youth Specialties convention. We were asked to back up Matt Maher for one of… — Chris Tomlin Copy Share Image
![“One song isn't going to ever change things, but I suppose it's the accumulation of music generally [that is]. If you can imagine a world that has no music in it, it would be a very different world, so music does change the world by virtue of all the music in it. Cumulative music of every kind…” quote by Mick Jagger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ce7/mick-jagger-1929_accumulation_one-song-isn-t-going-to-ever-change-thin_1095049.jpg)
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