Quotes of: Songs Keyword

The cuckoo comes in April, and stays the month of May; sings a song at midsummer, and then goes away.

Traditional

Without inspiration, we’re all like a box of matches that will never be lit.

Chords of Strength: A Memoir of Soul, Song and the Power of Perseverance

Them lady poets must not marry, pal . . . It is a true error to marry with poets / or to be by them.

The Dream Songs: Poems

It is Nature that causes all movement. Deluded by the ego, the fool harbors the perception that says "I did it".

The Bhagavadgita or The Song Divine

I'm quite a particular singer, and I need to feel like I can bite into the song, in a way, to make it my own. You want the challenge of the songs having some attitude.

Neneh Cherry

Just this morning, out of a large memory for songs, and having been obsessed by them since childhood, suddenly, at the age of 84, I thought of a song I hadn't thought of in over 50 years. It came into my head unbidden.

Tom Glazer

Cyndi Lauper's 'Time After Time' was a perfect song. It was so beautiful and so heartfelt. Her vocals were so amazing. And, for me, that was a song I went to when I was feeling sad and wanted to feel even sadder.

Lea Thompson

I love the art form of songwriting. I get to carry a lot of vibes to a lot of people. My songs are all about the human condition, and people will be able to find themselves in my songs.

Glenn Hughes

Imperfect parenting does not cause addiction. If that were so, everyone would be one.

The Joey Song: A Mother's Story of Her Son's Addiction

And in uttering that Excellently executed truth You become an artist too

The Songs of The Gullible Wiseman: The Early Poems of Maddy Kobar, 2008-2013

Birds shouldn't be able to find tears They are the definition of freedom

The Songs of The Gullible Wiseman: The Early Poems of Maddy Kobar, 2008-2013

Achilles’ eyes lift. They are bloodshot and dead. “I wish he had let you all die.

The Song of Achilles

Achilles weeps. He cradles me, and will not eat, nor speak a word other than my name.

The Song of Achilles

When I am dead, I charge you to mingle our ashes and bury us together.

The Song of Achilles

When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him

The Song of Achilles

He is a weapon, a killer. Do not forget it. You can use a spear as a walking stick, but that will not change its nature.

The Song of Achilles

Perhaps he simply assumed: a bitterness of habit, of boy after boy trained for music and medicine, and unleashed for murder.

The Song of Achilles

Home's where the people you love are. It's about finding the things that matter to you, and holding on to them and taking care of them.

A Song for Julia

Sometimes … I think parents work so hard to keep us from making their mistakes, they won’t allow us to make our own.

A Song for Julia

The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing — desire.

The Song of the Lark

I prefer love songs to any other form of torture.

Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.