Verse Quotes

326 Verse quotes by 251 unique authors

The blues is deceptively simple. Verse and chorus. Sometimes not even a chorus. Four bars that repeat, no Auto-Tune, electricity optional. It is the most… — Shawn Amos
I was working like a dog as a housekeeper, barista, nanny, cook, so I could save enough money to really sit with my instruments. Whenever… — Valerie June
Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it. — Chet Atkins
People and places are the source of my work, both in prose and verse-and this remark is not the truism it seems, for I do… — Leonard Alfred George Strong
Their free verse was no form at all, yet it made history. — John Crowe Ransom
First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear… — C. Day Lewis
Most victims of my autobiographical verse are either far too polite, remarkably understanding unaware that I have written poems about them. — John Barton
The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers than by writers. Almost no one is interested in reading… — Robert Morgan
The fact that something is in a rhymed form or in blank verse will not make it good poetry. — Robert Morgan
The record Clef and I did was just sitting there. So I said, Clef, I got a record, hit a verse on it. He just… — Pras Michel
Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, But they are not the Life for which they stand. — James Thomson
I never edit the songs that come out. And they tend to come out as a whole. The closest thing I have ever done to… — Laura Marling
In song the same rule applies as in dramatic verse: the meaning must yield itself, or yield itself sufficiently to arouse the attention and interest,… — James Fenton
The iambic line, with its characteristic forward movement from short to long, or light to heavy, or unstressed to stressed, is the quintessential measure of… — James Fenton
The iambic pentameter owes its pre-eminence in English poetry to its genius for variation. Good blank verse does not sound like a series of identically… — James Fenton
As far as I am concerned, poetry is a statement concerning the human condition, composed in verse. — N. Scott Momaday
O innocent victims of Cupid, Remember this terse little verse: To let a fool kiss you is stupid, To let a kiss fool you is… — E Y Harburg
ELEGY, n. A composition in verse, in which, without employing any of the methods of humor, the writer aims to produce in the reader's mind… — Ambrose Bierce
Verse, Fame and Beauty are intense indeed, But Death intenser - Death is Life's high meed. — John Keats
I was nervous, so I read the New Testament. I read the verse about have no fear, and I felt relaxed. Then I jumped farther… — Religion
And I'm no expert on the word I can't qoute you chapter and verse But I've heard you love the worst ones too And I'm… — Unknown Author
Poets can't resist the dramatic pull of their lives and so inevitably write autobiographical verse. — Joe Barton
Sometimes I'll sing the same verse through the entire song, because the other verses aren't clicking. And when they do come to me, I'm in… — Tom Araya
EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom. Following are some of the… — Ambrose Bierce
Nothing can separate Even if I ran away Your love never fails I know I still make mistakes But You have new mercies for me… — Nikislonely

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