Martin Luther
Theologian
"As long as we live there is never enough singing."
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Singing
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Khalil Gibran
Poet, Writer
"How narrow is the vision that exalts the busyness of the ant above the singing of the grasshopper."
Mary Oliver
Poet
"I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed."
Prince
Musician, Singer, Songwriter
"All these non-singing, non-dancing, wish-I-had-me-some-clothes fools who tell me my albums suck. Why should I pay any attention to them?"
Woody Guthrie
Singer-Songwriter
"There's several ways of saying what's on your mind. And in states and counties where it ain't too healthy to talk too loud, speak your mind, or even vote like you want to, folks have found other ways of getting the word around. One of the mainest ways is by singing."
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"I don't think I'm singing. I feel like I'm playing a horn...What comes out is what I feel."
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"Be like the bluebird who never is blue, For he knows from his upbringing what singing can do"
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"In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times."
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"If you can show me how I can cling to that which is real to me, while teaching me a way into the larger society, then and only then will I drop my defenses and hostility, and I will sing your praises and help you to make the desert bear fruit."
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"If you're a dancer, study singing. You have to do everything and do it well. You have to study acting. You have to study all of it. You have to find workshops, get out on the stage...and fail."
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"I thought it sounded a bit like Percy singing... maybe you've got to attack him while he's in the shower, Harry."
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"Fare thee well my nightingale, I lived but to be near you. Thow you are singing somewhere still I can no longer hear you."
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"The modern Little Red Riding Hood, reared on singing commercials, has no objection to being eaten by the wolf."
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"There were some things that I found I really enjoyed singing about; like, on the title track, there's this film-noir character of a woman who's sort of losing it in a room."
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"The whole basis of my singing is feeling. Unless I feel something, I can't sing."
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"Everybody finished the song at different times. At last, only the Weasley twins were left singing along to a very slow funeral march."
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"Now the Sirens have a still more fatal weapon than their song, namely their silence... someone might possibly have escaped from their singing; but from their silence, certainly never."
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"I don't use backing tapes when I am singing and dancing on stage. I can do cartwheels and sing."
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"In the bonds of Death He lay Who for our offence was slain; But the Lord is risen to-day, Christ hath brought us life again, Wherefore let us all rejoice, Singing loud, with cheerful voice, Hallelujah!"
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"Retire? Not on your life. I have no plans to stop singing. What are you going to do when you love music? It's a terrible disease. You can't stop. Of course, I'd like to get off the road."
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"To be a poet in a destitute time means: to attend, singing, to the trace of the fugitive gods. This is why the poet in the time of the world's night utters the holy."
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"All Religions. All This Singing. One Song. Peace Be With You."
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"Singing is a form of admitting that I'm alive."
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"Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?"
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"In the distance someone is singing."
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