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“I’ve always believed that my dad is right about one thing—your life is your solo and whatever song you choose to sing you only get to do it once.”
Ben Aaronovitch (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The right to sing, the right to play. The right to do the things I feel in my own way. And if you took it all and asked me to pretend, you'd be breaking a heart that won't mend. The right to win, the right to lose. The right to fall in love with anyone I choose. And when it's my mistake and everything goes wrong I would write what I feel in a song.”
John Miles (1949–2021) said by 2021 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sing until the city becomes a women's song Until this homeland, becomes a home land.”
Mehdi Yarrahi (born 1981) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Soroode Zan", 2022
“The first song I ever learnt to sing was Maxwell’s ‘This Woman’s Work’ when I was in Standard One. He’s one of the artists who’ve taught me how to always put all my emotions into my performances.”
Dato Seiko first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dato Seiko and Mdu Tha Party for DStv Delicious Festival, The Botswana Gazette, 4 October 2023, by Admin, Retrieved: 4 November 2023.
“Rock My Body, is a sex song but if it comes out people will just put me in a certain category that is not me. I'm versatile. I can sing any style but I really need to start well. If I don't lay the foundations well and I come with the wrong start, that's how the industry will receive her. Rock my body did that.”
Wiyaala (born 1986) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: My ‘Rock My Body’ song was for trends – Wiyaala opens up, Ghana Web, 25 August 2022.
“I wanna sing you a love song. I wanna rock you in my arms all night long. I wanna get to know you. I wanna show you the peaceful feelin' of my home.”
Kenny Loggins (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My dream remains to sing a song in Soussia, the important thing is that it be Amazigh, and I will start practicing the pronunciation of the words until I pronounce them correctly”
Asma Lamnawar (born 1978) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Moroccan Artist Asma Lamnawar Embraces Amazigh Identity, Expresses Pride in Heritage,By Amazigh World News, retrieved on April 26, 2024
“These are very troubling things. I don’t like to sing this song, but we do because we have to take a message to the people.”
Fatu Gayflor (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many a time I have sat up all night to take notes on the , which, in this part of the world, commence to sing considerably earlier than their English relations. In June, the and are often in song before 2 o'clock a.m., while the s and s by the river never cease to call all night long.”
Seton Gordon (1886–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I will sing a song to the Lord my God, for He has looked upon me, and has taken away the reproach of mine enemies; and the Lord has given the fruit of His righteousness, singular in its kind, and richly endowed before Him.”
Saint Anne (55 BC–12) said by 12 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Smilingly, out of my pain, I have woven a little song; You may take it away with you. I shall not sing it again.”
Aline Murray Kilmer (1888–1941) first seen 1921 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tour de Force". Vigils (1921), p. 41
“Doesn’t matter what you have been through!! You will sing a new song !! This will be your testimony!! STAY ENCOURAGED!!”
Frank Edwards (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As I look beyond the veil, I see thousands of angels, singing the song of the spirit. I hear them sing hallelujah. Then I saw the heavens open, as the glory of the lord fills the earth.”
“Yes, sing the song of the orange tree, With its leaves of velvet green; With its luscious fruit of sunset hue, The fairest that ever were seen; The grape may have its bacchanal verse, To praise the fig we are free; But homage I pay to the queen of all, The glorious orange tree.”
Jehiel Keeler Hoyt (1820–1895) first seen 1882 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Orange Tree", in J. K. Hoyt and Anna L. Ward, eds., The Cyclopaedia of Practical Quotations, 4th ed. (London: Richard D. Dickinson, 1882), p. 439
“We will march together and sing the Dakkada song, and live its creed.”
Udom Gabriel Emmanuel (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That song catapulted me to a different atmosphere. That was my first solo, and I was nervous at first, but when I opened my mouth to sing, I knew that’s where I belonged.”
LaTocha Scott (born 1973) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: LaTocha Is No Longer Afraid: Interview", May 8, 2023
“A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song”
Maya Angelou (misattributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For dear to gods and men is sacred song. Self-taught I sing; by Heaven, and Heaven alone, The genuine seeds of poesy are sown.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes; Flow gently, I 'll sing thee a song in thy praise.”
Robert Burns (1759–1796) said by 1796 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Once the song is done and recorded, I like to go back and then cut the drums, because then I know exactly what the song needs, and what it doesn't need.”
“I'd like to dedicate this song real quick, and I'm not going to say anything offensive so that we can make it on TV. This song isn't dedicated to drinking or drug addiction [...]. It's basically about a walk in the park. This is something called 'Nightrain'.”
Slash (musician) first seen 1988 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: During a show at the Ritz, NY in 1988.Guns N' Roses - "Nightrain" - Live at the Ritz 2 February 1988
“I breathed a song into the air; That little song of beauty rare Is flying still, for all I know, Around the world by Radio.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our song is the slamming screen door, Sneakin' out late, tapping on your window. When we're on the phone and you talk real slow 'Cause it's late and your mama don't know. Our song is the way you laugh, The first date "man, I didn't kiss her, and I should have." And when I got home, before I said amen Asking God if he could play it again.”
Taylor Swift (born 1989) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It’s amazing to have people singing a song back to you on a stage. It’s great to finish recording a song and play it for your friend, and they love it. That feels good. But nothing feels better than when you’ve finished something and you know it’s good, and you know that those other responses will come in time.”
Ben Gibbard (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think that the public judges a song on the overall feel, not individual samples. If a sample contributes too heavily to the song, and the sample is recognized, the opinion of the piece goes down.”
Andrew Sega (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My band is the best band in the world, period. So, I insist on every song being better then it is on the record. So by the end of the tour, we have to be playing the song better then how it’s recorded.”
Ben Harper (born 1969) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Streets Interview with Ben Harper, cmj.com (June 20, 2006).
“Number 1. I'm gonna do this song again. Number 2. I'm gonna do this song again all the way up your ass. Number 3. I'm gonna fuck your ass up like in a car crash. Number 4. I'm gonna fuck you up like a goddamn accident. Number 5. Jesus is the answer!”
Wesley Willis (1963–2003) said by 2003 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Song of Solomon The song of everyone Who walks the path Of the solitary heart.”
“Here comes the sunshine Here comes that son of mine Here comes the everything Here's a song and a song for him.”
“He sang of love, with quiet blending, Slow to begin, and never ending; Of serious faith, and inward glee; That was the song,—the song for me!”
William Wordsworth (1770–1850) first seen 1807 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: O Nightingale! Thou Surely Art, l. 17 (1807)
“It was my evil star above, Not my sweet lute, that wrought me wrong; It was not song that taught me love, But it was love that taught me song.”
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) said by 1838 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The lark is with triumphant song Singing the rose-touched clouds among: 'Tis there that lighted song has birth, What hath such hymn to do with earth?”
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) said by 1838 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me. I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to. Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me. In the jingle-jangle morning, I'll come following you.”
“Sweetheart, do not love too long: I loved long and long, And grew to be out of fashion Like an old song. All through the years of our youth Neither could have known Their own thought from the other's We were so much at one. But O, in a minute she changed-- O do not love too long, Or you will grow out of fashion Like an old song.”
William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) said by 1939 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I made my song a coat Covered with embroideries Out of old mythologies From heel to throat; But the fools caught it, Wore it in the world’s eyes As though they’d wrought it. Song, let them take it, For there’s more enterprise In walking naked.”
William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) said by 1939 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When Siddhartha listened attentively to this river, to the song of a thousand voices; when he did not listen to the sorrow or laughter, when he did not bind his soul to any one particular voice and absorb it in his Self, but heard them all, the whole, the unity; then the great song of a thousand voices consisted of one word: Om — perfection.”
Hermann Hesse (1877–1962) said by 1962 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A hymn is the praise of God with song; a song is the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice.”
Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) first seen 1273 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Commentary on the Psalms (c. 1273), Introduction
“There's one thing to be said for a remake of a 1984 movie that uses the original's screenplay. This 2011 version is so similar — sometimes song for song and line for line — that I was wickedly tempted to reprint my 1984 review, word for word. But That Would be Wrong.”
Roger Ebert (1942–2013) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Review of Footloose (12 October 2011)
“The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.”
Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864) first seen 1846 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To Robert Browning (1846).
“I'm not tempted to write a song about George W. Bush. I couldn't figure out what sort of song I would write. That's the problem: I don't want to satirise George Bush and his puppeteers, I want to vaporise them. … And that's not funny. … OK, well, if I say that, I might get a shock laugh, but it's not really satire.”
Tom Lehrer (1928–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mark: Yeah, I mean, I concur. The change in the hair, you really light up the screen Hayley, you just, it's beautiful what you're doing. Um, the choice of song. I would never in a million of years have thought of that song for you and you almost got away with it but the bravery and the choice. Congratulations Hayley. Good on you.”
Hayley Jensen (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Marcia: Hayley well done, yeah? Well done. Um, you mightn't have been able to dance but you knew where one was and you knew where to start the song. That's all that really matters, yeah? And, ah, great choice of song as well.”
Hayley Jensen (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“uni : one verse : poem or song Godself sings one song moment by moment with infinite variations”
“A pamphlet, no matter how good, is never read more than once, but a song is learned by heart and repeated over and over. And I maintain that if a person can put a few common sense facts into a song and dress them up in a cloak of humor, he will succeed in reaching a great number of workers who are too unintelligent or too indifferent to read.”
Joe Hill (activist) first seen 1914 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to the editor of Solidarity (1914-11-29)
“If Michael Jackson could write a song for a rat, I could write a song for [my pet bulldog] Noelle.”
Gloria Estefan (born 1957) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: contactmusic.com (December 14, 2005)
“The Man with the Child in His Eyes is still one of those things, which right from the get-go … has its own life, because it's just a great song. … For all the time that she or I or anyone spend decorating and creating moods, its actually the key element of what your saying, the melody and the chords which still speak louder than all the stuff around, on a great song.”
Peter Gabriel (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It's extraordinary what that song has been used for — I think a lot of people who have gotten into trouble, have attached themselves to that song, and I think a lot of it is Kate's wonderful voice is there, in a sort of reassuring and loving way, and it just makes them think that perhaps there is going to be that type of love out there for them.”
Peter Gabriel (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There's a little book I'm thinking of writing — "Swan Song" is what I shall call it. The song of the dying. And my book will be incense burnt at the deathbed of this society, damned with the damnation of its own impotence.”
Maxim Gorky (1868–1936) first seen 1899 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Foma Gordeyev (1899) [also translated as The Man Who Was Afraid; the English music group Led Zeppelin would later name their record label "Swan Song".
“A protest song is a song that's so specific that you cannot mistake it for bullshit.”
Phil Ochs (1940–1976) said by 1976 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O thrush, your song is passing sweet But never a song that you have sung, Is half so sweet as thrushes sang When my dear Love and I were young.”
William Morris (1834–1896) first seen 1871 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Other Days", st. 1, in Songs of Two Worlds (1871)