Minstrel Quotes

22 quotes by 19 authors

Sweet Mercy! to the gates of heaven This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven; The rueful conflict, the heart riven With vain endeavour, And memory of… — William Wordsworth
Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath ne'er… — Walter Scott
In the society of illusion, reality must manifest itself. The story songs of Joel Rafael are that manifestation... the essence of minstrel. — John Trudell
I extract what I consider the best material from different sources. But often the material I perform comes from a very strange location in history,… — Leon Redbone
The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have know a… — Walter Scott
The inner music of the Soul is the real song. It's tunes are self-existing and self-supporting and need no outer aids of hands, feet or… — Kirpal Singh
Your roots, your family, your friends all become so much more important to you as you get older, especially if you are a wandering minstrel… — Amanda Donohoe
I subscribe to that school of thespian - to be a wandering minstrel or traveling player, a thing ofrags and patches, of ballads, songs and… — Julian Sands
I have the instincts of a minstrel rather than those of a scrivener. There you have it. We are not of the same trade at… — John Steinbeck
Twilight's soft dews steal o'er the village-green, With magic tints to harmonize the scene. Stilled is the hum that through the hamlet broke When round… — Samuel Rogers
Is there any sign of spring quite so welcome as the glint of the first bluebird unless it is his softly whistled song? No wonder… — Neltje Blanchan
You cannot begin to imagine the shock I had when I came down on the floor for the first time. First of all, there's this… — William Shatner
Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky! Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound? Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eye Both with… — William Wordsworth
The only ones who ever come here from your lands are the minstrels, and the lovers, and the mad. And you don't look like much… — Neil Gaiman
Every lover is, in his heart, a madman, and, in his head, a minstrel. — Neil Gaiman
I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance. I had high hopes of being Evil… — James Thurber
America sometimes resembles, at least from the point of view of a black man, an exceedingly monotonous minstrel show; the same dances, same music, same… — James A. Baldwin
... the open sky sits upon our senses like a sapphire crown - the Air is our robe of state - the Earth is our… — John Keats
I collect old Coon Chicken Inn memorabilia. I collect black memorabilia, like old minstrel posters. It was a real place. There was one in Seattle,… — Terry Zwigoff
I live again the days and evenings of my long career. I dream at night of operas and concerts in which I have had my… — John McCormack

Who Wrote These Minstrel Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 22 Minstrel Quotes as follows: