Verse Quotes

326 Verse quotes by 251 unique authors

We worked the medley on side two of "Abbey Road" out carefully in advance. All of those mini songs were partly completed tunes; some were… — George Harrison
It would be nice to abandon the verse-chorus-bridge structure completely, and make it so none of these things are definable...Make up new names for them.… — Robbie Robertson
It would be nice to abandon the verse-chorus-bridge structure completely, and make it so none of these things are definable. ... Make up new names… — Robbie Robertson
No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water. — Horace
Make the verses flow together. If a following verse has nothing to do with the previous, you may lose our listener/reader. You want a smooth… — Margaret Atwood
Don't be married to a line or verse if it can't rhyme, fit the meter, or doesn't fit the outline. — Margaret Atwood
It was Rick's Rubin idea to have the 'Brooklyn' verse repeat. It already was a story, but having that made it a folk song. Instead… — Scott Avett
I use three main tools in writing: instinct, hard work and dumb luck. Dumb luck is missing a train and, while you wait for the… — David Massengill
I wanted to understand things and then be free of them. I needed to learn how to telescope things, ideas. Things were too big to… — Bob Dylan
This birthday verse is little and I want you to know and see, that you're someone very special especially to me. — Susan Smith
And your eyes must do some raining if you're ever gonna grow / When crying don't help, you can't compose yourself / It's best to… — Conor Oberst
There is, however, a strong empirical reason why we should cultivate thoughts that can never be proved. It is that they are known to be… — Carl Jung
There are some pop songs I hate but I can't get them out of my head. Our songs also have the standard pop format: Verse,… — Kurt Cobain
The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training for… — Philip Pullman
You can't enjoy light verse with a heavy heart. — Russell Baker
When I finish writing a rap verse. It's a lot like sex: You start off slow with ideas, like foreplay, and then you put your… — Drake
Better than a thousand hollow words Is one word that brings peace. Better than a thousand hollow verses Is one verse that brings peace. — Gautama Buddha
Better than a thousand hollow words Is one word that brings peace. Better than a thousand hollow verses Is one verse that brings peace. Better… — Gautama Buddha
The impact of the Yemeni manuscripts is still to be felt. Their variant readings and verse orders are all very significant. Everybody agrees on that.… — Unknown Author
I don't understand the whole thrilling verse, but I love the way poetry turns ordinary words into winged things that rise up and soar! — Margarita Engle
Opinions. Ideas. Possibilities. So many! How can I choose? Between bursts of lightning-swift energy, I enjoy peaceful moments when the whole world seems to be… — Margarita Engle
So how can a poet-an intelligent, serious poet-write mystical verse now? The poetry of Adam Zagajewski provides the beginning of an answer to this question. — Adam Kirsch
I recorded harp first or singing first. I recorded it all together. Part of the reason is that I don't know how to play the… — Joanna Newsom
Verse, singing, and speech have a common origin. — Jean-Philippe Rameau

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