“There is an old song which asserts 'the best things in life are free.' Not true! Utterly false! This was the tragic fallacy which brought on the decadence and collapse of the democracies of the twentieth century; those noble experiments failed because the people had been led to believe that they could simply vote for whatever they wanted...and get it without toil, without sweat, without tears. Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain.” PeopleBelieveWantedPainLife IsValuesSongEffortDemocracyCenturyTearsBirthVoteBreathsNobleExperimentsBest ThingsTragicSweatCollapseThings In LifeToilTwentieth CenturyFallacyDecadenceBest Things In LifeOld SongBest Things In Life Are Free Book:Starship Troopers Source: Starship Troopers
“But to make a holiday record that involves favorite American songs and then also get to sing about Jesus birth, it just seemed like a real easy, subtle way to combine a couple of things that I love.” WayRealSongJesusEasyRecordsBirthCoupleHolidaySubtleJesus Birth Author:Amy Grant
“Is it possible Hanukkah doesn't inspire folksy songs? Plot lines may be a part. The Christmas story has a lot of material to work with. There's Jesus and his birth, the wise men, their gifts and tons of frankincense.” MenMayStoriesSongJesusLinesWiseInspireMaterialsBirthPlotHanukkahPlot LinesFrankincense Author:Matisyahu
“Albums, with me, have never had an easy birth. Especially when all the songs are self-written songs.” SelfSongEasyWrittenBirthAlbums Author:Marc Almond
“Like the Birth Of Venus, the song [Yello "oh, Yeah"] denotes the birth of the bro. The song just reminds me of bros looking out over lowered Ray-Bans. It birthed a negative sexual revolution. I was going to a lot of bondage clubs at the time and they did play this song. The song I associate more is that horrible Enigma song with the Gregorian chant. There's something good buried in that song and I might not hate it as much if I hadn't been a sex worker.” IfsPlayMightHateSongSexRevolutionBirthNegativeYeahWorkersClubsHorribleBuriedRaysAssociatesBondageBansVenusEnigmaBrosSexual RevolutionRay Bans Author:Margaret Cho
“I think there’s no greater joy than completing a song out of thin air. It’s like inventing something, but it’s invisible, you know? It’s weird. It amazes me. You can send it out in the world, and that’s the joy. It’s like giving birth to all these songs and letting them go like they’re your kids.” ThinkingKnowsWorldGivingKidsJoySongGreaterAirBirthInvisibleInventingGiving BirthCompletingThin Air Author:Jason Mraz
“A song was heard at Christmas To wake the midnight sky: A saviour's birth, and peace on earth, And praise to God on high. The angels sang at Christmas With all the hosts above, And still we sing the newborn King His glory and his love.” StillsEarthSongHeardSkyBirthKingsGloryAngelPraiseChristmasHostMidnightHis LovePeace On EarthSaviourNight SkyNewbornBest ChristmasChristmas SongPraises To God Author:Timothy Dudley-Smith
“Come, I come! ye have called me long, I come o'er the mountain with light and song: Ye may trace my step o'er the wakening earth, By the winds which tell of the violet's birth, By the primrose-stars in the shadowy grass, By the green leaves, opening as I pass.” MayLongLightEarthSongStarsStepsWindBirthMountainSpringGreenOpeningGrassVioletAprilSpringtimeMay DayGreen Leaves Book:Poetical works Source: Poetical works
“Five mysteries hold the keys to the unseen: the act of love, and the birth of a baby, and the contemplation of great art, and being in the presence of death or disaster, and hearing the human voice lifted in song.” HumansArtSongVoiceFiveMysteryBabyKeysBirthAgingHearingDisasterContemplationUnseenGreat ArtActs Of LoveHuman Voice Book:The Ground Beneath Her Feet: A Novel Source: The Ground Beneath Her Feet: A Novel