| "Our sweetest songs are those that tell the saddest thoughts." »Percy Bysshe Shelley |
| "It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page." »Joan Baez |
| "I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs." »Joseph Addison |
| "We look before and after, And pine for what is not Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought." »Percy Bysshe Shelley |
| "Musically, I always allow myself to jump off of cliffs. At least that's what it feels like to me. Whether that's what it actually sounds like might depend on what the listener brings to the songs." »Tori Amos |
| "Listen within yourself and look into the infinitude of Space and Time. There can be heard the songs of the Constellations, the voices of the Numbers, and the harmonies of the Spheres." »The Divine Pymander |
| "When I write love songs, people think they're really soppy -- but I see love as a consolation for the boredom of life." »Martin Gore |
| "You are not an artist,an artist creates. You do not write your own songs. End of debate." »Eric Pio |
| "Among all men on the earth bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the muse has taught them songs and loves the race of bards." »Homer |
| "Silence is more musical than any song." »Christina G. Rossetti |
| "Those who wish to sing always find a song." »Swedish Proverb |
| "In summer, the song sings itself." »William Carlos Williams |
| "Whose bread I eat his song I sing." »German proverb |
| "In the depth of my soul there is a wordless song." »Kahlil Gibran |
| "A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song." »Chinese Proverb |
| "A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have forgotten how it goes." »Unknown |
| "When asked about his favorite song, I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it." »John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
| "As a song-writer, I write from the heart, soul and mind, not from lies." »Alishia May |
| "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." »J. R. R. Tolkien |
| "My life has been one great big joke A dance that's walked A song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke When I think about myself." »Maya Angelou |
| "One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words." »Johann von Goethe |
| "Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea And love is a thing that can never go wrong And I am Marie of Roumania." »Dorothy Parker |
| "When the mind is possessed of reality, it feels tranquil and joyous even without music or song, and it produces a pure fragrance even without incense or tea." »Hung Tzu-ch'eng |
| "Think, In mounting higher, The angels would press on us, and aspire To drop some golden orb of perfect song Into our deep, dear silence." »Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
| "When I am dead, my dearest, Sing no sad songs for me Plant thou no roses at my head, Nor shady cypress tree. Be the green grass above me With showers and dewdrops wet And if thou wilt, remember And if thou wilt, forget." »Christina Georgina Rossetti |
| "You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given deeds of war, and to another the dance, to another lyre and song, and in another wide-sounding Zeus puts a good mind." »Homer |
| "It is natural for a man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut out eyes against a painful truth and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms into beasts." »Patrick Henry |
| "A book is a story for the mind. A song is a story for the soul." »Eric Pio |
| "Whatever meaning 'Annie's song' had for me on a personal level, there was also a larger context. It could just as easily have been about love for a brother. Or a father. Or a friend. It could just as easily have been a prayer." »John Denver |
| "Just being happy helps other souls along Their burdens may be heavy and they not strong And your own sky will lighten, If other skies you brighten, by just being happy with a heart full of song." »Ripley D. Saunders |
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