I sang a song at my sister's wedding. My mother forced me into that, too. But that one felt all right.
Adam Sandler

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
J. R. R. Tolkien

The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not justify the cage nor the love the enforcement.
Germaine Greer

That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he never could recapture the first fine careless rapture!
Robert Browning

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death.
Henry Miller

Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience.
Jimmy Buffett

Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life - not death.
Berenice Abbott

Never hate a song that's sold a half million copies.
Irving Berlin

Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies.
Irving Berlin

When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
Tecumseh

Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
Tecumseh

When I was 20, I didn't give a damn about song construction. I just wanted to make as much noise and play as fast and as loud as possible.
Ritchie Blackmore

If you take all that I've learned from Joe and all that Joe has learned from me, and you throw all that into a song, not only are you using the gifts that God gave you, but also all the experiences you've had.
Steven Tyler

Peace Train is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions of human beings.
Cat Stevens

I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice.
Van Morrison

I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far more people.
Syd Barrett

I go in and sing the song and arrange it and mix it and that's it. It's no different than playing in clubs.
Neil Young

I just wrote one song at a time. Kinda like an alcoholic. One day at a time.
Neil Young

One day a whole damn song fell into place in my head.
Billie Holiday

We march and fight, to death or on to victory. Our might is right, no traitors shall prevail. Our hearts are steeled against the fiery gates of hell. No shot or shell, can still our mighty song.
George Lincoln Rockwell