Army mom Quote by Anonymous

I came from a military family, so there are a lot of things I think about when the anthem is playing.

— Sean Doolittle

A patriotic song is an emotion and you must not embarrass an audience with it, or they will hate your guts.

— Irving Berlin

The dead soldier's silence sings our national anthem.

— Aaron Kilbourn

Anytime I sing the anthem, it is an honor and my heart beats out of my chest.

— Luke Bryan

We don't tend to break into song when we go to war.

— Niki Caro

Hearing the national anthem with U.S.A. across your chest is something I never really imagined me being able to do.

— Alex Caruso

Most people have to learn the words to the National Anthem before they sing it. I learned these words when I was a child…

— BJ the Chicago Kid

I'm not a soldier for anything, either. I'm only a singer and I don't think it makes a difference what we sing.

— Robert Wyatt

When I did the national anthem, I did a soulful, kind of gospel-y version, but it was controversial with the war veterans, just the…

— Jose Feliciano

I will never stand for a national anthem again. I will turn my back and I will raise a fist.

— Jesse Ventura

Tell me I'm your National Anthem. Ooh, yeah, baby, bow down, making me so wow, wow.

— Lana Del Rey

The thing about the national anthem is that it's actually a pretty difficult song to sing for anybody.

— Kevin Olusola