I'm a man born to blood and pain, and peace would be a killing blow for me.
All you hear Catholics turning out these days are pop versions of the old Protestant anthems.
We turned an anthem into an assignment, a poem into a job description.
The traditions of a nation are very important and the anthem written by Francis Scott Key in the early days of our nation should always be revered.
Working hard is a fool's anthem, getting others to work for you is the motto for every successful man.
The beauty of all these years of singing the anthem is that I got a chance to meet athletes that I love, and there was a mutual respect.
I wrote 'Oath' for Cher Lloyd because there were really no best-friend anthems out there. Not only did she love it, she wanted me to rap on it, too!
If every citizen should recite their national anthem daily, you will develop love to serve your country better.
When she had died, his anchor was gone and the world had burned from his untethered insanity.
He lived out his whole life as an anthem to the pleasures of a bad mood.
Are not couturiers the poets who, from year to year, from strophe to strophe, write the anthem of the feminine body?
I remember Iggy and the Stooges' song 'Search and Destroy' reaching out from my speakers to me like my own personal anthem.
To Southerners like my mother, 'Gone With the Wind' was not just a book; it was an answer, a clenched fist raised to the North, an anthem of defiance.
If you forget the words to your own song, you can always claim artistic license. Forget the words to the national anthem, and you're screwed.
If you're going to write an anthem for an old man who's up at political bat for the last time, give him a decent song. Send him off with something that creates some chills or something.
The Olympic Gold medal in 1968 was definitely the highest moment of my career. It was a dream come true. I was a 19-year-old boy, and it was just amazing to be standing on top of the podium and hearing the National Anthem in the background.
I have to get stronger, harder, and faster. The only way to get hard enough to walk the Apocalypse Road is in the crucible of battle.
I had lots of breaks. I guess the one that got my foot in the door was singing the National Anthem at the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City in '74.
When I heard the royal family wanted to have me perform in celebration of Prince William's marriage, I knew I had to give them a little something. 'Wet' is the perfect anthem for Prince William or any playa to get the club smokin'.
In many (most?) churches there are programs and activities... but so little worship. There are songs and anthems and musicals... but so little worship. There are announcements and readings and prayers... but so little worship.
You will be pleased to know I stand obediently for the national anthem, though of course I would defend your right to remain seated should you so decide.