Congregation Quote by James Weldon Johnson

When I listen to old music, that's one of the few times that I actually have a kind of love for humanity.

— Robert Crumb

Anyone who's ever read the lyrics of an already cherished song has most likely encountered that hollow sensation of something missing, the absence of…

— Jonathan Miles

Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals?

— Mahalia Jackson

“Several notes were missing. They had always been missing, except for two that I had levered out with a poker when three...The anticipated thrill…

— ivor cutler

I was writing this music for the people that sit in the back pew of the church. People that do come, but it's not…

— Jonathan McReynolds

The still, sad music of humanity.

— John Greenleaf Whittier

A song will outlive all sermons in the memory.

— Henry Giles

“Without a song, the soul grieve in sad spirit.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

But hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity.

— William Wordsworth

Sing songs that none have sung

— Paramahansa Yogananda

“My father would say, The forgotten songs we never really knew, only think we remember knowing, when what we really do is understand at…

— Paul Harding

Music is fragile: people die, and it's forgotten.

— Ry Cooder