“Into love and out again, Thus I went and thus I go. Spare your voice, and hold your pen: Well and bitterly I know All the songs were ever sung, All the words were ever said; Could it be, when I was young, Someone dropped me on my head?” KnowsWellsSaidYoungSongVoiceHumorousPensSpares Book:Not So Deep as a Well Source: Not So Deep as a Well
“There's a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody. There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can't think of a clever enough idea. Some songs are too repetitive for me to be able to fashion a humorous set of lyrics around. Some songs flat-out just don't work creatively for me.” ThinkingWayI CanIdeasDifferentEnoughWould BeAbleSongChallengesFashionHumorousCleverDifferent WaysCandidatesFlatsParodyRepetitive Author:Al Yankovic
“I try to sing many different kinds of songs. If I sing a batch of humorous songs, I'll throw in a deadly serious song. Or if I'm singing too many serious songs, I'll throw in a ridiculous song, to mix it up.” IfsTryingKindDifferentSongSeriousSingingHumorousRidiculousDifferent Kinds Author:Pete Seeger
“I knew we were in for a long season when we lined up for the national anthem on opening day and one of my players said, 'Every time I hear that song I have a bad game.'” LongSaidSongGamesPlayerHumorousSeasonsOpeningAnthemNational AnthemBad GamesOpening Day Author:Jim Leyland
“Ah, to be a bird. To fly the skies, sing my song, and best of all occasionally peck someone's eyes out.” EyeSongSkyBirdHumorous Book:Napalm & Silly Putty Source: Napalm & Silly Putty
“Sun worship is fairly simple. There's no mystery, no miracles, no pageantry, no one asks for money, there are no songs to learn, and we don't have a special building where we all gather once a week to pare compare clothing.” SongAsksSimpleSunMysteryWeekSpecialBuildingWorshipHumorousMiracleCompareClothingsPageantry Book:Napalm & Silly Putty Source: Napalm & Silly Putty
“The best song lyrics seem to me so artful, so brilliant, so warm and humorous, with both passion and wit, that my admiration is matched only by my envy.” SeemsSongPassionHumorousWarmEnvyBrilliantWitAdmirationMatched Author:David Lehman
“Sing of the nature of women, and then the song shall be surely full of variety; old crotchets and most sweet closes. It shall be humorous, grave, fantastic, amorous, melancholy, sprightly, one in all, and all in one.” SongSweetHumorousGravesVarietyFantasticMelancholyAmorous Book:The Malcontent Source: The Malcontent