Ballads Quote by Laini Taylor

“A lot of ballads are about the mistakes we inevitably make while trying to figure out how to live our lives.”

— Stephanie Kuehnert

“I sing without knowing what my song means, and whether the listening world is amazed or wounded.”

— Margarita Engle

“Sing your own song. There are always some earnest listeners.”

— Amit Ray

“In addition to reading and writing, we were expected to learn our history songs and ballads, although most of them had been altered and…

— D. Maria Trimble

“Every person had lyrics in their life that were too painful to sing.”

— Brittainy C. Cherry

“Written words can also sing.”

— Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

“This is the way of long and empty roads: nearly forgotten things surface and singing voices improve.”

— Elizabeth Hay

“They really thought what other people sing in songs.”

— Boris Pasternak

“The seasons sang to him - like ageless hymns with whisperings he could feel, but not fully understand.”

— Bodie Thoene

“And then, abruptly, the voice turned to a different tone—sharper, harsher, more desperate. Then it hushed altogether. The sensation was like sitting by a…

— Bella Forrest

“By the way, Reb, about the singing. What gives? Walt Whitman sang the body electric. Billie Holiday sang the blues. You sang…everything. You could…

— Mitch Albom

“The rolling sound of a good hymn badly sung is particularly evocative.”

— Iain Pears