"In song and dance, man forgets how to walk and speak and is on the way into flying into the air, dancing... his very gestures express enchantment."
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"Truth is more than a dream and a song."
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"But now I have learned to listen to silence. To hear its choirs singing the song of ages, chanting the hymns of space, and disclosing the secrets of eternity."
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"The mute grain turns to love songs when swallowed by the nightingale."
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"My Soul gave me good counsel, teaching me that the lamp which I carry does not belong to me, and the song that I sing was not generated from within me."
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"Master, Master Poet, Master of our silent desires, The heart of the world quivers with the throbbing of your heart, But it burns not with your song."
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"Does the song of the sea end at the shore or in the hearts of those who listen to it?"
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"I'm a good collaborative writer. I can usually come in and add a couple lines to something, and add a riff or a B-section, or a bridge that will tie things together. I can do stuff like that. But to write a whole song, I don't have the patience for that, I guess."
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"Being in a rock band is about touring. It's about writing songs and it's about making records but it's also about taking a wonderful smile onto that stage and making the people feel good about themselves."
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"There are German songs which can make a stranger to the language cry."
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"But Dad and I are the only father-and-daughter acts who have both had No. 1 songs in England."
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"Nobody says anything real today. Most of those girls have their songs written by other people. It annoys me, because 'eh oh eh oh ahh' is not a chorus..."
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"I don't really see how any song can not feel contrived if it isn't honest, and how could I write honest songs if I don't write about stuff going on in my life and how I'm feeling?"
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"Cheryl Cole, if you're reading this, I may not be as prety as you but at least I write my own songs."
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"All of my songs are about me and my experiences. They're very literal."
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"I don't tell 'U.S. Weekly' which parties I'm going to. I write songs."
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"I've never done songs with people just for the sake of the great combination. I've always done songs with friends."
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"If people had good albums, they'd be buying albums. But people are buying singles because they only have good songs."
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"I don't write songs thinking about formats, where is it going to get played, who am I gonna please, what's the outlet for it."
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"The program director at a radio station, by the way, is not the superstar. If he was a superstar, he'd be out creating songs, but he's not. But he wants to act like he has control and power."
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