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“It is a bird-flight of the soul, when the heart declares itself in song. The affections that clothe themselves with wings are passions that have been subdued to virtues.”

Heart Has Beens Soul Song Passion Music Virtue Bird Wings Affection Flight

Book:Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside

Source: Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside

“And wheresoever, in his rich creation, Sweet music breathes--in wave, or bird, or soul-- 'Tis but the faint and far reverberation Of that great tune to which the planets roll!”

Soul Music Rich Creation Planets Sweet Bird Wave Breathe Tunes Reverberation Sweet Music

Author:Frances Sargent Osgood

“Because when he sings...even the birds stop to listen.”

Music Bird Peeta

Book:The Hunger Games Trilogy

Source: The Hunger Games Trilogy

“Thelonius Monk went over to Bird and Bud Powell and said, 'I told you guys to act crazy, but I didn't tell you to fall in love with the act. You're really crazy now.'”

Said Guy Fall Music Crazy Bird Jazz Falling In Love Musical Monk Bud

Author:Charles Mingus

“When Bird came on the scene, it was just as shocking as in the Bible: everything was dark, and then the light appeared for the first time.”

Firsts Light Dark Music Scene Bird First Time Jazz Musical Shocking

Author:Shorty Rogers

“The first time I heard Bird play, it hit me right between the eyes.”

Firsts Play Eye Music Heard Bird First Time Jazz

Author:John Coltrane

“They said Bird played bebop, but Bird could still swing. I've heard a lot of guys play bebop, but they wasn't swinging.”

Said Stills Play Guy Music Heard Bird Jazz Swings They Said Bebop

Author:Jay McShann

“If it wasn't for hustlers, gangsters & gamblers there'd be no Jazz. Wasn't middle~class who said Let's go hear Bird tonight.”

Ifs Said Music Bird Jazz Middle Class Tonight Gangsters

Author:Betty Carter

“Music was a thing of the soul — a rose-lipped shell that murmured of the eternal sea — a strange bird singing the songs of another shore.”

Soul Song Music Sea Strange Eternal Music Is Singing Bird Eternity Shore Shells

Author:J. G. Holland

“Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy!”

Music Sweet Bird Musical Noise Folly Melancholy

Book:L'allegro, Ed Il Penseroso: Set to Musick by Mr. Handel

Source: L'allegro, Ed Il Penseroso: Set to Musick by Mr. Handel