168 quotes found
“roughly 90 percent of songs have mating as their central theme, and this holds true regardless of cultural setting or historical period.”
“Only whispers can tell of the sweet dreams we knew so well. I'll see you around our dear ocean town.”
“I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlourdrinking milk shakes cold and longSmiling and waving and looking so finedon't think you knew you were in this song”
“I took a road that wasn't the road, but it was something I chose and that's fine.”
“Long live the pioneersRebels and mutineersGo forth and have no fearCome close the end is near”
“What are words without the melody?”
“One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.”
“I gave you something you can never give back. Don't you mind?”
“I liked old time music but what i meant by that was the period from the 1930s through the 60s, nothing before and little after.Performers like fats waller, Sinatra, billie holiday, louis armstrong,...”
“Sink, suffer, self-destruct Rise stronger, reconstruct”
“We may be lost stars in an ocean of constellations on a dark night but do remember we both belong to the same sky. I breathe the same air that you breathe, we both look at the same luminosity above...”
“You can dance. You can make me laugh.You've got x-ray eyes. You know how to sing. You're a diplomat. You've got it all. Everybody loves you. You can charm the birds out of the sky, But I, I've got ...”
“Tightened his bootlaceSharpened his bladeThe Hunter walked along and prayedFor tonight's prey--Song Of the Hunter”
“Every song deserves lyrics. Deserves a story to tell.”
“Let's swim to the moonLet's climb through the tideSurrender to the waiting worldsThat lap against our side.”
“The past is a pebble in my shoe.”
“Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.”
“It's so easy to laughIt's so easy to hateIt takes guts to be gentle and kind”
“Say my name and his in the same breath. I dare you to say they taste the same.”
“I'm just a notch on your bedpost but you're just a line in a song.”
