“In Middle America men are awakening. Like awkward and untrained boys we begin to turn toward maturity and with our awakening we hunger for song. But in our towns and fields there are few memory haunted places. Here we stand in roaring city streets, on steaming coal heaps, in the shadow of factories from which come only the grinding roar of machines. We do not sing but mutter in the darkness. Our lips are cracked with dust and with the heat of furnaces. We but mutter and feel our way toward the promise of song.” MenWayFeelsAmericaSongTurnsMemoriesCitiesBoysDarknessStreetsMiddleFieldsPromiseShadowMachinesTownsLipsHungerAwakeningDustMaturityHeatFactoriesAwkwardCoalCrackedRoaringFurnacesOur TownCity StreetsMiddle America Author:Sherwood Anderson
“I never made promises lightly There may have been some that I've broken But I swear in the days still left We will walk in fields of gold” MayHas BeensMadeStillsSongLeftWalksFieldsBrokenPromiseGoldSwearOld Song Author:Sting
“Little kids sing a song called "America the Beautiful." They sing a song called "This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land." To me, those songs are not just nice little ditties. They are marching orders. They are commandments that we must protect America's beauty from the clear-cutters, the strip-miners, the oil spillers. They are pledges we have made. They are promises to keep.” LittlesMadeKidsAmericaBeautifulSongOrderClearNiceLandPromiseProtectOilCommandmentsLittle KidPledgeMinersCutters Author:Van Jones
“I called the guys from Promise of the Real, whom I've been playing with, and they were all on the road. Right after I hung up the phone, I wrote another song and started writing another, and I'm going, "Hey, I can't wait. I should be doing this now!" My experience tells me that when it's there, it's there, and you can't make it wait. So I got Jimmy Keltner and Paul Bushnell, two good guys, and went in and did this record ["Peace Trail"].” ShouldWritingI CanTwoRealGuySongWaitingRecordsPromisePhonesHeyHungTrailsJimmyGood Guy Author:Neil Young
“My approach is a bit unconventional because it kind of turns things around. I made a promise to myself at a very early stage that I wasn't going to try and force something into a specific shape. It's a process where I allow the songs to go where they want to go and it doesn't really fit into any kind of genre.” TryingKindSongFitPromise Author:Einar Selvik
“It's a really common trap to want your life to live up to some standard that you believe in, and then you start to really examine those standards and realize they come not from experiences you've had, but things you've seen in movies, or feelings you've felt listening to pop songs, or ideas you've received from reading books. And not just happy things, but a lot of the time, sad things. It gets kind of depressing, when you see how movies and songs make these promises to us.” BelieveKindBookFeelingsSongReadingRealizingCommonListeningPromiseReading BooksDepressingPop Song Author:Will Sheff
“I still perform because it's a necessity for my innards. And those songs, some of those songs, I have sung, I don't know how many thousands of times. And I promise you, every single solitary night, they're new to me. They are brand-new to me that night.” NightSongPromiseSolitaryI Promise Author:Smokey Robinson
“It's hard to convince people when you haven't done anything that the things you're working on are worthy of spending their time and money on: like, "Oh man, I write really great songs, I promise!"” PeopleMenWritingDoneSongPromiseWorthyConvinceReally GreatI PromiseTime And Money Author:Josh Jones
“Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.” YearsBeautifulSongWaitingPrayerPrayingHolyPromiseSeasonsLongingLovelyChristmasCelebrateCelebrationAdventMerry ChristmasChristmas WishesMerry Christmas WishesChristmas Greetings Author:Karl Rahner
“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it.” LifeInspirationalPlayDreamLife IsMotherSongFightingOpportunityGamesRealizingChallengesAcceptingStruggleAdventureInspirational LifeDutySorrowPromiseBenefitsOvercomingTragedyLuckDareAdmireAdmiringCalcuttaLife Is An AdventureWorth Fighting ForBest MotherAging GracefullyLife DreamLife OpportunityLife Is A DreamLife Is PreciousLife Is A GameLife Is GreatLife Is A StruggleHow Precious Life Is Author:Mother Teresa
“Today While the blossoms still cling to the vine I'll taste your strawberries I'll drink your sweet wine A million tomorrows shall all pass away Here I forget all the joy that is mine. Today I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover You know who I am by the songs that I sing I'll feast at your table I'll sleep in your clover Who cares what tomorrow shall bring I can't be contented with yesterday's glory I can't live on promises winter to spring Today is my moment and now is my story I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing” KnowsStillsI CanMomentsStoriesCareTodayJoySongSleepForgetMillionsLaughingCryMinesSweetTomorrowDrinkPromiseTasteSpringGloryTablesWineWinterYesterdayWho I AmWho CaresPassing AwayVinesStrawberriesCloversDandyWinter To SpringSweet Wine Author:John Denver
“Oh, you've outdone me twice now, you queen of forgiveness. The ring's a promise of peace and I'm greedy with hope. It's a song that we sing in a tongue that we share. And though you say it's a gift from a king to a king, I say it's a sign from a queen to a queen.” SongShareKingsPromiseTongueRingsQueensGreedy Author:Melina Marchetta
“And it’s a sad song, Todd, but it’s also a promise. I’ll never deceive you and I’ll never leave you and I promise you this so you can one day promise it to others and know that it’s true.” KnowsSongPromiseOne DayDeceivingI PromiseSad Song Author:Patrick Ness