Song Quotes - Page 37

• The simple fact was that if the song wasn't about me, I couldn't see how it could possibly be about anybody else, including the one I knew it was supposed to be about, and good luck to him, too.

  William Saroyan

  Good Luck, Simple, Facts

  "Here Comes There Goes You Know Who". Book by William Saroyan, 1961.

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• But I think a song that is really emotionally packed, with a great melody that just will soar, that's the keeper.

  Reba McEntire

  Music, Thinking, Soar

  "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. December 25, 2005.

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• I think, whatever mortals crave, With impotent endeavor, A wreath--a rank--a throne--a grave-- The world goes round forever; I think that life is not too long, And therefore I determine, That many people read a song, Who will not read a sermon.

  Winthrop Mackworth Praed

  Thinking, Long, People

  Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1854). “The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed”, p.264

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• I'd like my life to be like a Bruce Springsteen song. Just once. I know I'm not born to run, I know that Seven Sisters' Road is nothing like Thunder Road, but feelings can't be different, can they?

  Nick Hornby

  Running, Feelings, Different

  Nick Hornby (1996). “High Fidelity”, p.169, Penguin

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• I did a load of medicine cabinets a long time ago and I named them after Sex Pistols songs. I suppose I must be getting old if I'm naming work after Philip Larkin poems.

  Damien Hirst

  Sex, Medicine, Long

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• Now you know that you can't go wrong... If you start each day with a song.

  Jimmy Durante

  Each Day, Knows, Ifs

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• The words of the scholar are to be understood. The words of the master are not to be understood. They are to be listened to as one listens to the wind in the trees and the sound of the river and the song of the bird. They will awaken something within the heart that is beyond all knowledge.

  Anthony de Mello

  Heart, Wind, Rivers

  Anthony De Mello (2016). “The Song of the Bird”, p.4, Image

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• It seemed like an impossible task to do full justice to all Luther classics. And yet these landmark artists have done just that. Memorable performances of wonderful songs that ensure Luther's legacy will live on forever.

  Clive Davis

  Memorable, Artist, Justice

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• Being a recording artist and having thousands of people listening to your music and singing your songs, and paying for it? It feels great!

  PJ Harvey

  Artist, People, Listening

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• There's a universe inside your head - a place of pictures and passions, of songs and sorrows. It's everything you are - and it's an utter mystery.

  Jeffrey Kluger

  Passion, Sorrow, Mystery

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• The soprano has all those other instruments in it. It's got the soprano song voice, flute, violin, clarinet, and tenor elements and can even approach the baritone in intensity.

  Steve Lacy

  Voice, Elements, Violin

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• Spring comes with joyous laugh, and song, and sunshine, and the burnt sacrifice of the over-ripe boot and the hoary overshoe. The cowboy and the new milch cow carol their roundelay. So does the veteran hen. The common egg of commerce begins to come forth into the market at a price where it can be secured with a step-ladder, and all nature seems tickled.

  Edgar Wilson Nye

  Spring, Sunshine, Sacrifice

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• I am a song bird, I am a meek song bird, I offer my prayer to the Lord.

  Guru Nanak

  Prayer, Bird, Lord

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• We have a tradition of passing our history orally and singing a lot of it and writing songs about it and there's kind of a calling in Irish voices when they're singing in their Irish accent.

  Sinead O'Connor

  Writing, Voice, Singing

  "New wave of Irish bands takes on America". www.cnn.com. November 3, 2000.

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• But also there are all the famous stories about the songs that have been rejected, but then went on to become hits.

  Cynthia Weil

  Rejection, Stories, Rejected

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• The question has been asked, 'What is a woman?' A woman is a person who makes choices. A woman is a dreamer. A woman is a planner. A woman is a maker, and a molder. A woman is a person who makes choices. A woman builds bridges. A woman makes children and makes cars. A woman writes poetry and songs. A woman is a person who makes choices.

  Eleanor Holmes Norton

  Children, Writing, Bridges

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• Don't think. The worst songs I've ever written happen when I think.

  Neil Young

  Thinking, Worst, Happens

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• There is a great temptation with songs, melodies and lyrics to overcomplicate them but in fact, you find that the most enduring melodies are often the simplest.

  Ken Hensley

  Temptation, Facts, Endure

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• Animals of every kind live on the Other Side, .. you are not crazy if you feel the spirit of your cat rubbing against your legs, hear the sound of your dog's toenails clicking on the wood floor, or hear the familiar song your bird used to sing. Our pets do come back to visit us.

  Sylvia Browne

  Dog, Crazy, Cat

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• The first thing about a song is that it has to be real, be lived; it has to be emotional, and melancholic. I don't mean sad. Melancholy is sort of a comfort. Melancholy has a sort of beauty to it. This attracts me to every other form of art.

  Keren Ann

  Art, Real, Mean

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• You have to love writing a song and architecture. You have to give it a form. It is my job to create a sonic landscape. I like to create ambiance and atmosphere. The writing is the intimate part of it. It is a sketch. The production is the whole painting.

  Keren Ann

  Jobs, Writing, Giving

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• Cheryl Cole, if you're reading this, I may not be as prety as you but at least I write my own songs.

  Lily Allen

  Reading, Writing, May

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• The greatest love of all is happening to me.. So goes the popular song. It's a great song. It speaks to the heart, and deeply. It strikes powerfully to uplift the human spirit, at the quest for self-love and self-esteem, the pride in being alive that each of us is entitled to experience simply by being born a human being.

  Robert J. White

  Uplifting, Self Esteem, Heart

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• Female artists I love the most are Fiona Apple, Paramour and Regina Spektor - those girls that really write amazing songs themselves, and they're younger and cool. I'm not quite sure I could ever write songs like any of them, but if I could, I would.

  Jennifer Damiano

  Girl, Writing, Artist

  "DIVA TALK: Catching Up With Venice Star Jennifer Damiano". Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. May 31, 2013.

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• Is there any sign of spring quite so welcome as the glint of the first bluebird unless it is his softly whistled song? No wonder the bird has become the symbol for happiness. Before the farmer begins to plough the wet earth, often while snow is still on the ground, this hardy little minstrel is making himself very much at home in our orchards and gardens while waiting for a mate to arrive from the South.

  Neltje Blanchan

  Spring, Home, Garden

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