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Song Quotes by Wystan Hugh Auden
- Precisely because we do not communicate by singing, a song can be out of place but not out of character; it is just as credible…
- The Three Wiseman: The weather has been awful, The countryside is dreary, Marsh, jungle, rock; and echoes mock, Calling our hope unlawful; But a silly…
- He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;…
- Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we mean war But song is true Let music for peace…
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- All music is folk music. I ain't never heard a horse sing a song. — Louis Armstrong
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- You must pass your days in song. Let your whole life be a song. — Sai Baba
- Every single band in the world has these gigantic songs that people are obsessed with. — Sebastian Bach
- I don't understand the mentality of a rock fan, being obsessed with two or three songs from 25 years ago. I'm not… — Sebastian Bach
- A lot of people when they try to sing Skid Row songs, they're screaming and yelling too much. It's more singing than… — Sebastian Bach
- To think that when they come out with these gigantic songs, it's pretty tough to top them, you know. — Sebastian Bach
- My songs are like cheap Neil Young copies. — Randy Bachman
- I don't have one song that sounds like another one in my entire catalog. — Erykah Badu
- A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime. — Bryan Adams