“Suffering is the price of being alive, and it is music and singing and art that has helped me live through some of the most difficult things that have happened to me.” ArtSufferingDifficultAliveHappenedSingingDifficult Things Author:Judy Collins
“The first poem in The Beauty holds a woman in Portugal in a wheelchair singing, with great power, a fado. I have never seen this or heard of it, the image simply arrived. But surely such a thing has happened. And it matters to me that it has, or could.” FirstsMatterHappenedHeardSingingGreat PowerPortugalWheelchairs Author:Jane Hirshfield
“When I would be on the stage singing, I would see a movie of something that happened, I would be telling the story. I would be describing the story in sound, but my goal would be to make somebody else run their own movie.” StoriesWould BeRunningSoundGoalHappenedStageSingingDescribing Author:Linda Ronstadt
“What happened was, I always wanted to be a singer/songwriter kind of guy like a James Taylor or Crosby, Stills and Nash type of thing; I went to a lot of coffee houses and used to watch all those guys, but I never had the nerve to get up and do it because singing seems so personal and intimate to me. It was too revealing.” KindStillsSeemsWantedUsedGuyHouseWatchesHappenedTypeSingingCoffeeSingersGet UpIntimateNervesSongwritersRevealingSinger SongwritersCrosbyCoffee Houses Author:Kevin Nealon
“Happened to be the first time we played the song live, but I absolutely for the life of me could not find the key singing and had to stop the band to find it.” FirstsSongHappenedKeysBandSingingFirst Time Author:Joe King
“It has been a whirlwind really, it all happened so quickly! I auditioned for Australian Idol for the 3rd time... to see where I was and if I had improved with my singing; and the next thing I knew in the final 12 and it went nuts from there - I walked straight off stage at the finals into a press conference and didn't have a days rest 'till New Years Day.” IfsYearsHas BeensNextHappenedStageSingingPressesFinalsNutsIdolsNew YearConferencesAustralianWhirlwindPress ConferencesNew Years Day Author:Kate DeAraugo
“My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of understanding has shone upon my little pupil's mind, and behold, all things are changed!” MindHeartLittlesLightJoyUnderstandingEducationMorningLearningHappenedTeachingChangedMy HeartIntellectualSingingAll ThingsMiracleIntelligencePupilsEducating Others Author:Anne Sullivan Macy
“I grew up doing musical theatre in Orlando, Florida. When I was 14, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time - a deliveryman heard me singing and offered to deliver my demo tape to Sony Music. I was just really lucky.” HappenedHeardGrewLuckyGrew UpSingingMusicalTheatreTapeFloridaRight TimeRight PlaceDemosSonyOrlandoMusical Theatre Author:Mandy Moore
“Ever since I was younger I wanted to be on stage, singing my songs in a glittering costume. And that happened and is still happening. I have to remember that this is what I wished for and be grateful because there are 500 other girls right behind me that are ready to snatch it up.” StillsWantedRememberSongGirlBehindsHappenedStageReadySingingHappeningsGratefulBe GratefulCostumesOther Girl Author:Katy Perry
“Things are going downhill with you!' he said to himself, and laughed about it, and as he was saying it, he happened to glance at the river, and he also saw the river going downhill, always moving on downhill, and singing and being happy through it all.” SaidMovingSawsHappenedSingingRiversLaughedGlancesAlways Moving Book:Siddhartha (World Classics, Unabridged) Source: Siddhartha (World Classics, Unabridged)
“I spent a fair amount of time editing the lyrics and allowing the song to kind of evolve. ... anytime there's anything worthwhile, it certainly 'feels' like it happened on the spur of the moment, but it's a composite of lots of spurs of the moment, hopefully. And over time, you catch up with those, and then you have a full set of lyrics you've thought of and you feel comfortable singing.” FeelsWritingKindMomentsSongHappenedAmountComfortableSingingFairsHopefullyEvolveSongwritingAllowingWorthwhileEditingSpursCompositesSpur Of The Moment Author:Jeff Tweedy
“Suzanne had a room on a waterfront street in the port of Montreal. Everything happened just as it was put down. She was the wife of a man I knew. Her hospitality was immaculate. Some months later I sang it for Judy Collins over the telephone. The publishing rights were lost in New York City, but it is probably appropriate that I don't own this song. Just the other day I heard some people singing it on a ship in the Caspian Sea.” PeopleMenSongLostRoomsCitiesWifeRightsHappenedHeardSeaStreetsNew YorkMonthsSingingShipsAppropriateSongwritingNew York CityPublishingTelephonesHospitalityPortMontrealImmaculateCaspian Sea Author:Leonard Cohen