Big book Quote by Anonymous

“What a tale we have been in, Mr. Frodo, haven't we?' he said. 'I wish I could hear it told. Do you think they'll…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“I don’t like anything here at all.” said Frodo, “step or stone, breath or bone. Earth, air and water all seem accursed. But so…

— Tolkien John Ronald Reuel

I really like narrative songs, but I wonder if that's a thing for some people. Once they've heard the story, do they really need…

— Craig Finn

I think to me, all songs are stories.

— Regina Spektor

Sometimes I have songs born out of stories.

— Billy Bob Thornton

I found out a long time ago that if I didn't have a good story for a song, I could just make one up!…

— Ronny Cox

For most of human history, 'literature,' both fiction and poetry, has been narrated, not written — heard, not read. So fairy tales, folk tales,…

— Angela Carter

Letters crossing in the post, unfamiliar tunes heard three times in one day, the way that blows of fate descend upon the same bowed…

— Fay Weldon

I'll take a certain concern of my own or a situation and try to frame it around a fictional story, but sometimes just straight-up…

— Jason Isbell

Fairy tales and folk tales have always played a role in my writing in one way or another.

— Linn Ullmann

Goblins burrowed in the earth, elves sang songs in the trees: Those were the obvious wonders of reading, but behind them lay the fundamental…

— Francis Spufford

I try to tell a story musically in a song.

— Barry White