--- title: "1 Song Says Quotes By Alaya Dawn Johnson" description: "1 Song Says quotes by Alaya Dawn Johnson. Plus more from Alaya Dawn Johnson and more Song Says sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/422/alaya-dawn-johnson-33961_song_there-s-a-song-i-say-there-s-always-a-so_1978895.jpg" --- > [There's a song", I say. "There's always a song", he says.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaya-dawn-johnson/there-s-a-song-i-say-there-s-always-a-song-he-says/) [Alaya Dawn Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaya-dawn-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/422/alaya-dawn-johnson-33961_song_there-s-a-song-i-say-there-s-always-a-so_1978895.jpg) ## More by Alaya Dawn Johnson > [“In the dark, I seem to stretch. Without a body to witness, I grow and grow with my pleasure. I feel like a constellation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaya-dawn-johnson/in-the-dark-i-seem-to-stretch-without-a-body-to-witness-i-grow-and/) [Alaya Dawn Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaya-dawn-johnson/) > [“The summer kings are gods, and we are finally, in the end, just men.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaya-dawn-johnson/the-summer-kings-are-gods-and-we-are-finally-in-the-end-just-men/) [Alaya Dawn Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaya-dawn-johnson/) > [To love light, you have to love dark. I'm not trying to be profound, I know you'll understand. I don't mean that you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaya-dawn-johnson/to-love-light-you-have-to-love-dark-i-m-not-trying-to-be-profound-i/) [Alaya Dawn Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaya-dawn-johnson/) > [“Hands and lips and teeth, and you'd forgotten-no, you'd never known-this way of knowing someone, this dissolution of self, this autophagy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaya-dawn-johnson/hands-and-lips-and-teeth-and-you-d-forgotten-no-you-d-never-known/) [Alaya Dawn Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaya-dawn-johnson/) > [“Amid all that blood of the dying sun, the verde was still alive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaya-dawn-johnson/amid-all-that-blood-of-the-dying-sun-the-verde-was-still-alive/) [Alaya Dawn Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaya-dawn-johnson/) > [“So I take my lover, my king, and I put him in a pedestal and I cut him down. A man, like the ones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaya-dawn-johnson/so-i-take-my-lover-my-king-and-i-put-him-in-a-pedestal-and-i-cut-him/) [Alaya Dawn Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaya-dawn-johnson/) > [“They think they've gone to heaven," he says. "They don't realize that means they're dead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaya-dawn-johnson/they-think-they-ve-gone-to-heaven-he-says-they-don-t-realize-that/) [Alaya Dawn Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaya-dawn-johnson/) > [Think of it like the best mac and cheese you've ever had. No neon yellow Velveeta and bread crumbs. I'm talking gourmet cheddar, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaya-dawn-johnson/think-of-it-like-the-best-mac-and-cheese-you-ve-ever-had-no-neon/) [Alaya Dawn Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaya-dawn-johnson/) > [There's a song", I say. "There's always a song", he says.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaya-dawn-johnson/there-s-a-song-i-say-there-s-always-a-song-he-says/) [Alaya Dawn Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaya-dawn-johnson/) > [“Then you remember that Jack--that's his name, the mac & cheese--plays lacrosse. That's probably where he got all those yummy muscles. You need two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaya-dawn-johnson/then-you-remember-that-jack-that-s-his-name-the-mac-cheese-plays/) [Alaya Dawn Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaya-dawn-johnson/) > [The past stands in the path of the future, knowing it will be crushed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaya-dawn-johnson/the-past-stands-in-the-path-of-the-future-knowing-it-will-be-crushed/) [Alaya Dawn Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaya-dawn-johnson/) > [Gods are what people worship. Men are what die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaya-dawn-johnson/gods-are-what-people-worship-men-are-what-die/) [Alaya Dawn Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaya-dawn-johnson/) > [“Meu pai odeia The Who." "Seu pai é um babaca”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaya-dawn-johnson/meu-pai-odeia-the-who-seu-pai-um-babaca/) [Alaya Dawn Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaya-dawn-johnson/) > [“But I know better than anyone how dangerous trying can be, and how destructive. Maybe it's better to let bad things happen than tear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaya-dawn-johnson/but-i-know-better-than-anyone-how-dangerous-trying-can-be-and-how/) [Alaya Dawn Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alaya-dawn-johnson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song-says/alaya-dawn-johnson/#itemlist", "name": "1 Song Says Quotes By Alaya Dawn Johnson", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's a song\", I say. \"There's always a song\", he says.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alaya Dawn Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alaya-dawn-johnson/there-s-a-song-i-say-there-s-always-a-song-he-says/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/422/alaya-dawn-johnson-33961_song_there-s-a-song-i-say-there-s-always-a-so_1978895.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/422/alaya-dawn-johnson-33961_song_there-s-a-song-i-say-there-s-always-a-so_1978895.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/422/alaya-dawn-johnson-33961_song_there-s-a-song-i-say-there-s-always-a-so_1978895.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's a song\", I say. \"There's always a song\", he says.” — Alaya Dawn Johnson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song-says/alaya-dawn-johnson/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song-says/alaya-dawn-johnson/", "name": "Song Says Quotes by Alaya Dawn Johnson", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song-says/alaya-dawn-johnson/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/422/alaya-dawn-johnson-33961_song_there-s-a-song-i-say-there-s-always-a-so_1978895.jpg" }, "description": "1 Song Says quotes by Alaya Dawn Johnson. 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