“Sing, seraph with the glory! heaven is high. Sing, poet with the sorrow! earth is low. The universe's inward voices cry "Amen" to either song of joy and woe. Sing, seraph, poet! sing on equally!” EarthJoySongUniverseHeavenVoiceCryPoetSorrowLowsGlorySingersInwardWoeAmen Book:Poems Source: Poems
“Some of the old folk singers used to phrase things in an interesting way, and then, I got my style from seeing a lot of outdoor-type poets, who would recite their poetry. When you don't have a guitar, you recite things differently, and there used to be quite a few poets in the jazz clubs, who would recite with a different type of attitude.” WayDifferentUsedInterestingAttitudeSeeingStylePoetTypeJazzGuitarFolksClubsSingersUsed To BePhrasesInteresting Ways Author:Bob Dylan
“When you recite you're giving a performance, in the way that an actor or a singer performs, and some poets are not interested in doing that, maybe because they're writing for a readership as opposed to an audience, or because they see poetry as a very private art.” WayGivingWritingArtActorsAudiencePoetPerformancesSingersNot InterestedReadership Author:James Arthur
“For me, the intent in a song is to sing it. I compose songs, meaning I'm writing words to be set to music; I'm intending it to not be recited. I'm a singer-songwriter, and I'm a poet, and there really isn't a contradiction, at least for me.” WritingSongPoetSingersContradictionSongwritersSinger SongwritersWriting Words Author:Cornelius Eady
“Bangladesh is a world of metaphor, of high and low theater, of great poetry and music. You talk to a rice farmer and you find a poet. You get to know a sweeper of the streets and you find a remarkable singer.” KnowsWorldStreetsPoetLowsTheaterMetaphorSingersRemarkableFarmersRiceGreat PoetBangladeshHighs And LowsGreat PoetryPoetry And MusicSweepers Author:Jean Houston
“We want to be famous as a writer, as a poet, as a painter, as a politician, as a singer, or what you will. Why? Because we really don't love what we are doing. If you loved to sing, or to paint, or to write poems, if you really loved it you would not be concerned with whether you are famous or not.” IfsWantWritingPoetPoliticianConcernedPaintSingersPainter Book:This Matter of Culture Source: This Matter of Culture
“Americans would have a right to go to war with the Iraqis if we could name one author from Iraq. It disturbs me that we're going to war with somebody we know absolutely nothing about. Name one Iraqi poet, one Iraqi woman activist, one Iraqi singer. Name one Iraqi novelist. You can't. And how can you go kill someone you don't know anything about?” IfsKnowsWarNamesPoetIraqSingersNovelistsActivistAbsolutely NothingGoing To War Author:Jimmy Santiago Baca
“One of my favorite artists is Tom Waits, whom most people think of as a wonderful singer-songwriter and a great poet. I certainly think of him that way, but I also know him as a terrific actor. You know, that persona that he puts on when he's doing his music comes from being an actor, figuring out a persona.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayArtistActorsWaitingWonderfulPoetMy FavoriteSingersTomsSongwritersTerrificPersonaSinger SongwritersGreat PoetFavorite Artist Author:Jeff Bridges
“There are some singer-songwriters who start out as poets. So someone like Leonard Cohen wrote and published poetry in the early 60s, but then started writing songs. Bob Dylan's a poet in the sense of bard, aoidos or vates.” WritingSongPoetSingersBobSongwritersDylanSinger SongwritersWriting SongsBards Author:Richard F. Thomas
“As an artist, I never wanted to be fettered by gender nor recognized or defined as a female poet, musician or singer. They don't do that with men - nobody says Picasso, the male artist. Curators call me up and say, "We want your work to be in a show about women artists," and I'm like, why? For Christ's sake, do we have to attach a gender onto everything?” MenWantShowsWantedArtistChristPoetMusicianFemaleMalesSakeGenderSingersDefinedCall MeCuratorWoman Artist Author:Patti Smith