I like traditions, and the national anthem is important.
I sang the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium - at a baseball game - which was crazy; there was, like, 60,000 people there, which is a huge deal in America - singing the National Anthem.
I had a gig in Sweden. There were thousands of people there, and when I launched into 'I'm Yours,' they were all singing along. It was as if I was singing the Swedish national anthem. I was stunned.
Crowds respond to anthemic choruses.
Charters: If only we hadn't missed that train at Budapest. Caldicott: Well, I don't want to rub it in, but if you hadn't insisted on standing up until they'd finished their national anthem... Charters: Yes, but you must show respect, Caldicott. If I'...
Jango danced; and the tune that he danced to was Death.
People who tend to listen to my music have come back and said, 'Yo, this is my anthem. This is what I live by.'
And now we have the formalities over, we'll have the National Anthems.
True writing is not an art or science but it's an anthem to preach own soul
Anthemic rock music is inherently fascist - anything intended to move huge masses of people is politically offensive to me.
I wanted to make youthful, irreverent anthems. Parents might not get it, but kids would.
Anytime I sing the anthem, it is an honor and my heart beats out of my chest.
'Free Fallin' is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn't become this huge anthem. But I'm grateful that people like it.
I see the crowd singing 'Rock 'N Roll' or 'Back Road' at my concerts... they are anthems and they lift up your life.
'Southcliffe' is an anthem to ordinary people's ability to reinvent themselves in the face of ultimate darkness.
I wanted to write a song that's known to the world as a classic, stadium-rock anthem.
The crudest thing I've done as a teacher was to require students to write a national anthem for their country and sing it themselves.
The nurse snorted, and said. “All men are pigs.” “Not all men.” Jango said. “Some of the men are zombies.
Sometimes you have to do something ugly so that something beautiful can grow.
'Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On' was my anthem as a child. It was about me. I was Baby.
I've never been more nervous in my life than singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl.
