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“You tell me then that I must perish like the flowers that I cherish. Nothing remaining of my name, nothing remembered of my fame? But the gardens I planted still are young— the songs I sang will still be sung!”
Gary Jennings (author) first seen 1484 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quarta Pars, p. 113, also the novel's epigraph, attributed to "Huéxotzin, Prince of Texcóco, ca. 1484
“Inculturation is going to be the background of evangelisation in Africa. But it will have to be not only by Bishops and priests but by the people themselves. They know their cultures, songs and traditions, etc. We love life, ceremonies and rituals. This is a great step towards inculturation.”
Joseph Henry Ganda (1932–2023) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Archbishop Joseph Henry GANDA (Archbishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone) (1994) The African Synod
“I am going into a far country, from which I shall never return. They say that when we depart thence, when we walk the last long road, if we are brave and true and avoid all the perils, we come to paradise, and sit there listening to The Musician play beautiful songs for all of eternity. But this is uncertain, for no witness has ever come back to report it.”
Darrell Schweitzer (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think when you have children, not matter what you’re doing, at least as a mom they're always in your head and in your heart and sort of informing your decisions and how you live your life. And so some of these songs are totally inspired by them.”
Francesca Battistelli (born 1985) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interviewing Francesca Battistelli: Christian singer telling the truth on new album, Winter Jam tour (16 June 2015) The Morning Caller
“https://dailypost.ng/2024/07/25/why-i-dont-allow-my-artistes-to-release-songs-same-day-as-wizkid-asake-don-jazzy/ daily post”
“Songs interwoven of lights and of laughters Borrowed from bell-birds in far forest rafters.”
Henry Kendall (poet) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Praxilla of Sicyon, too, was admired for the drinking-songs she wrote.”
Praxilla (501–501 BC) said by 501 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But, since of late, Elizabeth, And later James, came in, They never daunc’d on any heath As when the Time hath bin.By which wee note the Faries Were of the old Profession; Theyre Songs were Ave Maryes, Theyre Daunces were Procession.”
Richard Corbet (1582–1635) said by 1635 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many lovely songs were sung and we danced together for about two hours because the stories of my journeys would be related to the end this night.”
Amos Tutuola (1920–1997) said by 1997 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Literature is a reflection of life. It is a vehicle of culture and history. By that I mean if you go through the novels of a people at any age, you will be able to get a mine of information on the way they lived, their world view, their songs, and dances, their dressing patterns and even the geography of the area.”
Elechi Amadi (1934–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A lot of songs will do justice to how a lot of people are feeling, and it is good for the time regardless of the situation.”
Sound Sultan (1976–2021) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: INTERVIEW: Why young Nigerian singers focus on lewd, raunchy songs – Sound Sultan. 23 May 2020, Premium Times.
“I hope to take what I see and introduce it to a wider audience, hearing songs that relate to a story with true messages and themes and even learn about the past so no one makes the same mistake again.”
Max Hechtman (born 1997) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 'The Real Deal: A look through the lens of a young Long Island filmmaker" YourNews Mag (2019)
“January Afternoon, With Billie Holiday ...The foolish old songs were right, the heart does, actually, ache from trying to push beyond itself... all that can be imagined; space is not enough... Desire has no object, it simply happens, rises and floats, lighter than air— but she knows that. ... tomorrow is something she remembers.”
Lisel Mueller (1924–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We need to be really anchored by Psalms and Hymns so that we can produce spiritual songs.”
Henrie Mutuku (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In all my locked-up songs No one but you belongs.”
Zoe Akins (1886–1958) said by 1958 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In June 1956, I met Bedri and her wife in the flower garden near the "Dajti" hotel. Bedriu told me that he knew that I had moved to Gjirokastër, but that I told him that I will not go to Gjirokastër, and for that, I would sell a piano forte and live in Tirana. Bedriu told me that; what I thought was impossible, because they won't buy the piano and they won't let you compose songs.”
Dhora Leka (1923–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Radio is an important tool in the lives of human beings because it depends on the knowledge of human beings. It gives us a chance to listen to songs, stories. It gives us a chance to share opinions and a space to talk about life around us.”
Rebecca Joshua Okwaci (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Create an inclusive environment where people of all ages and backgrounds can engage in communal worship, even incorporating songs in various languages to reach a diverse audience.”
Tomi Favored (born 1987) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tomi Favoured forges on with BOW. 24th February 2024, Punch Newspaper.
“I was coming to the end of my drinking time and was realizing I wasn’t the easiest person to be around at times. [...] I could be a fully functioning yet contrary alcoholic at 23 or 24. So songs like "I Apologize" are clearly me feeling like a bad young man, like I should apologise globally for something I probably did but was not fully aware of because I was drunk a lot.”
“It became obvious to us early on that if you put in too many exotic elements, at some point it’s no longer really a metal record. Different Nile albums have had varying levels of extraneous elements to them. [...] It’s always a variable based on what each songs need. It’s the randomness of the universe.”
Karl Sanders (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Wish I could write songs about anything other than death.”
Julien Baker (born 1995) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sprained Ankle," (2015) as quoted by Marc Hogan of (February 26, 2021)
“Chris just called me and said, “Hey, we need an emergency bass player. Do you want come jam?” So, I learned the songs, practiced with them a few times, and knocked out the album. I had history with Chris and a long history with Eric Cutler. We really knew each other. It was all smooth. I consider myself lucky to have been a part of Autopsy and all the history around them.”
Steve Di Giorgio (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In my own inner world, my feelings for my fans, my love and passion for them ... I can only use songs to convey.”
Dimash Qudaibergen (born 1994) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: LEYU interview. 2017
“You still can’t convey through a video that feeling when the whole arena sings along to your songs. I’m a fan of my fans.”
Dimash Qudaibergen (born 1994) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Spoken during Budapest concert. 4 May 2024.
“I want to become an international singer because I want to introduce our country's culture, our songs.”
Dimash Qudaibergen (born 1994) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Euronews interview. 17 Sept 2024
“If you haven’t played the songs for ten or fifteen years it’s very tingly, it’s exciting. I enjoy playing them. This promoter in Spain — he asked us to do the show in Spain in January and it was really fun and then the records were all coming out. It just seemed like a good time. I thought I should do more of these.”
Dean Wareham (born 1963) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On playing old Galaxie 500 songs, as quoted from an interview with Lizzy Goodman of Vulture (November 16, 2010)
“To see the rounds and morris dances, The leaden galliards, for her sake! To hear diose songs the shepherds make! One with his hobby-horse still prances, Whiles some with flowers an highway make.”
Barnabe Barnes (1569–1609) first seen 1593 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Parthenophil and Parthenophe (1593), Ode II, st. 10
“And my next dream was to record my album in the country capital of the world, Nashville. This year my dream came true. I could record this album in Nashville - it's a double album, because there were just too many good country songs that I wanted to record and we have decided to name the album Nashville.”
Juanita du Plessis (born 1972) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Country Superstar Juanita du Plessis Comments on her COUNTRY LEGENDS AND FRIENDS Appearance.;by David FickOct retrieved on 06, 2014
“I spent many hours in Hämeenkyrö smelling various herbs, meditating, swimming, laughing, and drinking tea with the family at Frantsila Herb Farm. I remember drinking water cupped in my hand – water directly from the spring, listening, making new songs… it was very relaxing. I was also learning a lot about traditional herbs and medicinal plants.”
Dineo Seshee Bopape (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And after that I always tried to do that with every show and every album, there are no throw-away songs and they must all stand strong”
Laurika Rauch (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“one of my new songs in this upcoming album will address the out-of-control global crisis and disorder around us that you see every day.”
Dehab Faytinga (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I started singing, it was mostly pop and love songs. Once I started doing rap, a lot of people were shocked. For those in Morocco, rap is for men, not women. I think all the criticism just made me be a stronger person.”
Manal (singer) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Meet Manal, the Moroccan Artist Changing the Game, retrieved on April 20, 2020
“I write and compose my songs, and then I arrange them in consultation with the musicians I work with.”
Oum (singer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Oh, yeah, many, many times. I often cried on the phone when I was talking to my parents. At some point, I almost lost my confidence. My hair started to fall out from all the stress. My mother told me to come back home, but I told her that I believed in my songs and that I had to stay and give it a shot.”
Hind Laroussi Tahiri (born 1984) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Moroccan-Dutch Hind Laroussi Talks Dance Hit ‘Lost,’ Moroccan Roots, By mwn, Retrieved on Apr, 07, 2019
“Those days the Strand was little more than a fishing village. Now I had to go to church and to Sunday school. It didn't take me long to learn the nicest hymns by heart. For me these songs contained the structure, rhythm, and mystery of poetry. Inspired by this and by my grandmother's loving care, I started writing verses. My first 'poetry' appeared in the school magazine.”
Ingrid Jonker (1933–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I'm a very simple guitar player...I would write my songs as lullabies. I would write little poems for myself to lift me up.”
Sara Tavares (1978–2023) said by 2023 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My biggest fear is the loss of our traditions. With that loss we lose the opportunity to work towards peace through these types of songs and dances that have been so meaningful for Liberians through the centuries.”
Tokay Tomah (1968–1968) said by 1968 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There's a reason why I did what I did when I didn't do those female remixes, when I didn't jump on those songs, when I was okay that I wasn't on the 'Baddest' remix.”
Nadia Nakai (born 1990) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The message was brief and straight to the point. When I woke up I shared the dream with my mum. We forgot about it. But in less than a year, one of my ex managers called to tell me about one lady who was interested in working with me after he had sent my songs to her.”
Cynthia Morgan (born 1991) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If I have succeeded in throwing one or two rays of light on these fragments of the true songs of Zarathustra, rescued from a 4,000 year-old past, ... I will be richly rewarded for the indescribable difficulty and the great sacrifices I had to make.”
Martin Haug (1827–1876) said by 1876 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Suzanne L. Marchand - German Orientalism in the Age of Empire. Religion, Race, and Scholarship-Cambridge University Press (2009)
“I think exerting myself to get all those songs made me feel exhausted at that age. It’s nobody’s fault that I felt that pressure, it comes with the life I chose.”
“Beware of fair and painted talk, Beware of flattering tongues: The Mermaids do pretend no good For all their pleasant songs. Some use the tears of crocodiles, Contrary to their heart: And if they cannot always weep, They wet their cheeks by art.”
Isabella Whitney first seen 1567 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Admonition ... to all Young Gentlewomen, &c.", sts. 4–5. The Copy of a Letter (1567)
“Well meant though it undoubtedly was, and perhaps necessary under the circumstances, the French leader's intervention in the inter-tribal politics of the natives likewise resulted in their paying more heed to the war songs and the satisfaction of their passions than to the question of their spiritual advancement.”
Adrien-Gabriel Morice (1859–1939) first seen 1913 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Catholic Indian Missions of Canada (1913) Catholic Encyclopedia
“To me, love is like listening to an album. Some people skip to their favorite songs and ignore the rest. Other people listen to the entire album over and over until it's familiar and cherished and they know every note by heart.”
Tia Williams (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The whole of creation was called into existence by God unto His glory,” and each creature has its own hymn of praise wherewith to extol the Creator. Heaven and earth, Paradise and hell, desert and field, rivers and seas—all have their own way of paying homage to God. The hymn of the earth is, “From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, glory to the Righteous.”
Louis Ginzberg (1873–1953) said by 1953 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(About Giorgio Gaber) He was an uncomfortable realist, he knew how to take stock of reality with the added bonus of wanting to change it, pointing out what he thought wasn't working. And I think this was mainly because he was a man of the theater. Because theater has always been about denunciation, while songs have not historically had the same function.”
Nando dalla Chiesa (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the mornings, the guys would come round, pick us and we would jog around the university while singing mchaka mchaka songs.”
Susan Nsibirwa wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Think about humanity’s connection to moonlight,” Proctor said. “We have love songs, poetry, werewolves, and more. Now imagine yourself being in space orbit, and getting all that energy from our planet.”
Sian Proctor (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We pretend that queerness or homosexuality is a new phenomenon. It’s always been there. It’s there in our songs and historical books but it’s something that we’re, like, ashamed of”
Fred Khumalo (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I want my songs to free their hearts and instill hope that everything will be okay”
Azana (born 2000) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Azana's musical tribute to gogo! 07 June, 2024