(2252 quotes found)
“Prayer does not use up artificial energy, doesn't burn up any fossil fuel, doesn't pollute. Neither does song, neither does love, neither does the dance.”
Margaret Mead
“Fame is a bee. / It has a song / It has a sting / Ah, too, it has a wing.”
Emily Dickinson
“Do you want a song of glory? Well, I'm f---ing screaming at you, ... It's our time to shine through the down/Glorified by what is ours/We've fallen in love/We've fallen in love.”
Bert McCracken
“One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.”
Billie Holiday
“I had wanted to say that my song was far too painful to sing.”
Anne Rice
“Singing songs like 'The Man I Love' or 'Porgy' is no more work than sitting down and eating Chinese roast duck, and I love roast duck.”
“Say you write a song about a chandelier, and the chandelier gives off light. And the light is the color red and red reminds you of the color your not supposed to wear around a bull. So you name the song Cow."”
Billy Corgan
“There's nothing that makes you so aware of the improvisation of human existence as a song unfinished. Or an old address book.”
Carson McCullers
“...And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds, they are immune to your consultations, they're quite aware of what they're going through...”
David Bowie
“The words of Mercury are harsh after the songs of Apollo.”
William Shakespeare
