Sings Quotes

355 Sings quotes by 271 unique authors

Death darkens his eyes, and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song is the last he sings: Live so, my Love, that when death shall… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Say, will the falcon, stooping from above, Smit with her varying plumage, spare the dove? Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings? Or hears the… — Alexander Pope
No more the mounting larks, while Daphne sings, Shall, list'ning, in mid-air suspend their wings. — Alexander Pope
Hope sings when all melodies are gone. — John C. Maxwell
Sing! Who sings To her who weareth a hundred rings? Ah, who is this lady fine? The Vine, boys, the Vine! The mother of the… — Bryan Procter
Hush! With sudden gush As from a fountain sings in yonder bush The Hermit Thrush. — John B. Tabb
Hark, the Herald Tribune sings, Advertising wondrous things! — Tom Lehrer
Again the blackbirds sings; the streams Wake, laughing, from their winter dreams, And tremble in the April showers The tassels of the maple flowers. — John Greenleaf Whittier
They say the blues is sad, but when B.B. sings 'I got a sweet little angel, I love the way she spreads her wings,' that… — Buddy Guy
People who understand music hear sounds that no one else makes when Frank Sinatra sings. — Walter Cronkite
No ladder needs the bird but skies To situate its wings, Nor any leaders grim baton Arraigns it as it sings. — Emily Dickinson
There's a pervasive feeling that when somebody sings a song and records a song on a record, that it's their true feeling. — David Byrne
What always attracted me to [Bob] Dylan, and what has sustained me as a Dylan listener, or has always continued to surprise me, is his… — Greil Marcus
When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music. Which of you would be a reed,… — Khalil Gibran
Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works. — Alma Gluck
All of my kids are into music. My older daughter plays guitar, piano, sings. My young son, he sings. — Martin Gore
The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not justify the cage nor the love the enforcement. — Germaine Greer
I'm not a singer who plays a bit of drums. I'm a drummer that sings a bit. — Phil Collins
You rarely find someone who sings really well and who produces really well; it's a problem, and I just think it's a missing link in… — Grimes
Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all. — Emily Dickinson
I don't want to be somebody who stands still and sings pretty. Each song is a world. Each song is a story. I don't achieve… — Renee Fleming
Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she… — Victor Hugo
Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has… — Victor Hugo
James Taylor is the kind of person I always thought the word 'folksinger' referred to. He writes and sings songs that are reflections of his… — Jon Landau
You know, my sister sings, my brother plays drums in my band. My whole family is a bunch of musicians. — Bruno Mars

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