“You are walking in a desert.You hear a bird singing.As absurd as it may seem for a bird to be pending in the desert,you are obligated to make it a tree.That's poem” MaySeemsTreeWalkingSingingBirdAbsurdDesertPending Author:Kiki Dimoula
“Those people that don't see the power in art maybe have never been a part of an art, in a real way. To experience it, and to see and witness how it affects people, we're not doing it just to create professionals. It's to add another dimension to the way that children think and the way they experience certain things. If you didn't have dance, music and singing, it just seems so odd to me.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayChildrenArtRealSeemsCertainSingingAddWitnessOddDimensionsDance Music Author:Misty Copeland
“I can't seem to stop singing wherever I am. And what's worse, I can't seem to stop saying things - anything and everything I think and feel.” ThinkingFeelsI CanSeemsSingingSound Of MusicAnything And EverythingSound And Music Author:Maria von Trapp
“It seems to me as a woman's face doesna want flowers; it's almost like a flower itself.... It's like when a man's singing a good tune, you don't want t' hear bells tinkling and interfering wi' the sound.” MenWantSeemsFacesSoundWomenFlowerSingingTunesBellsInterfere Book:Adam Bede Source: Adam Bede
“Lana Del Rey seems to be bothering everybody because she allegedly remade herself from a folk singing, girl-next-door type into an electro-urban kitty cat on the prowl (of course I like her), and they feel she is inauthentic.” FeelsSeemsGirlCoursesNextDoorsTypeSingingCatFolksBotherUrbanLike HerKittiesKitty Cat Author:Liz Phair
“Eric Peters is a chronicler of his journey; he's been a faithful steward of the story God is telling through him, and this newest chapter, BiRDS OF RELOCATiON, is Eric's testimony that along the way there are moments of deep joy and gratitude-they may seem brief, but they're bright, and they're worth singing about. The joy I hear on this record heralds a long and welcome peace.” WayMayLongMomentsStoriesSeemsJoyRecordsJourneyGratitudeSingingBirdWelcomeFaithfulPeterChaptersTestimonyEricStewardsJoy And Gratitude Author:Andrew Peterson
“Splutter, splutter. Yes - we're off - we're rising. But why start off with an engine like that? But it smooths out now, like a long sigh, like a person breathing easily, freely. Like someone singing ecstatically, climbing, soaring - sustained note of power and joy. We turn from the lights of the city; we pivot on a dark wing; we roar over the earth. The plane seems exultant now, even arrogant. We did it, we did it!” PersonsLongLightSeemsEarthJoyTurnsDarkCitiesSingingWingsNotesFlightBreathingPlanesRisingAviationClimbingEnginesArrogantSmoothSoarSigh Author:Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“Acting seems much easier than singing, in fact, because you are putting on a costume - whereas here you are taking everything off.” FactsSeemsActingEasierSingingCostumes Author:Lou Doillon
“I'd like to think I could physically manage doing that, but I don't think it feels authentic to the kind of performer that I am. I think that, for me, being stationary and just sort of singing the songs seems to be the most connected and authentic expression for me on stage.” ThinkingFeelsKindSeemsSongStageExpressionSingingConnectedManagePerformersStationary Author:Sara Bareilles
“Everything I write is personal, really. Even when I'm sarcastic, it's quite personal. And on this record, from the production to the singing to the performances, I got it really honest. To the modern ear, it seems soft. When you hear it against other things, it seems vulnerable. Lyrically and musically, though, this is more subtle. And, yes, it's asking a lot of someone who's used to being hit over the head with bright neon to listen to this.” WritingSeemsUsedRecordsModernHonestSingingPerformancesEarsAskingProductionsVulnerableSubtleSarcasticNeon Author:Ben Folds
“It seems like pop singing has sort of influenced musical theatre in so many ways - you could argue good or bad, really - and musical theatre is written for that style so often, which is a completely different style.” WayDifferentSeemsWrittenStyleSingingMusicalPopsTheatreArguingDifferent StylesMusical Theatre Author:Julian Ovenden
“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
“The German people are an orderly, vain, deeply sentimental and rather insensitive people. They seem to feel at their best when they are singing in chorus, saluting or obeying orders.” PeopleFeelsSeemsOrderSingingVainSentimentalChorusOrderlyObeyingInsensitive Author:H. G. Wells
“I'm not really a folk singer, but I love the music and there's certain lines that will get just stuck in my head, and they seem to be stuck there for a reason, and I start singing them.” ReasonSeemsCertainLinesSingingFolksSingersStuck Author:Sam Amidon
“People in Italy seem to be very capable of singing along with 'Wish You Were Here' perfectly, yet it's hard to get someone in the street who speaks english.” PeopleHardSeemsSpeakWishStreetsCapableSingingWish YouSpeak English Author:David Gilmour
“"Born To Run," that expands every time we go out. It just seems to you - more of your life fills it in, fills in the story. And when we hit it every night, it's always a huge catharsis. It's fascinating to see the audience singing it back to me. It's quite wonderful, you know, to see people that intensely singing your song.” PeopleKnowsStoriesSeemsRunningNightSongBornAudienceWonderfulHugeSingingFascinatingEvery NightCatharsisBorn To Run Author:Bruce Springsteen
“I thought that the R&B / Hip-Hop world really hasn't been explored on film and there's some issues that we're going through right now. It's in a very dangerous place , for women especially, both in terms of the songs that men are singing about. You know, R&B used to be a safe place for women and now it just seems like the songs coming out are so angry but also what women have to come out with. You have to get noticed. You see, it's like a script to follow. You come out hyper sexualized but what happens when you can't pull back from that. That's not authentic to yourself.” KnowsMenWorldSeemsHappensFilmUsedSongTermIssuesDangerousRight NowSafeSingingAngryScriptsHip HopUsed To BeHipsHopsComing OutHyperSafe PlacesDangerous Places Author:Gina Prince-Bythewood
“Elton John can be a master of the sleight of hand. The arrangements make it seem like there are substantial melodies underneath the tracks - but almost nothing demands repeated listenings. Similarly, he always sounds like he's singing up a storm, but his voice glosses over the material, reducing most things to an uninteresting sameness.” HandsSeemsSoundVoiceMaterialsMastersListeningDemandSingingTrackStormMelodyArrangementsReducingSamenessGlossSleight Of Hand Author:Jon Landau
“On the screen were some flashback shots of Daniel, Emma and Rupert from ten years ago. They were 12. I have also recently returned from New York, and while I was there, I saw Daniel singing and dancing (brilliantly) on Broadway. A lifetime seems to have passed in minutes.” YearsSeemsSawsMinutesNew YorkTenSingingShotsYears AgoDancingLifetimeScreensBroadwayEmmaSinging And DancingFlashback Author:Alan Rickman
“Forget the suffering You caused others. Forget the suffering Others caused you. The waters run and run, Springs sparkle and are done, You walk the earth you are forgetting. Sometimes you hear a distant refrain. What does it mean, you ask, who is singing? A childlike sun grows warm. A grandson and a great-grandson are born. You are led by the hand once again. The names of the rivers remain with you. How endless those rivers seem! Your fields lie fallow, The city towers are not as they were. You stand at the threshold mute.” MeanDoeSometimesDoneHandsSeemsRunningEarthLyingSufferingAsksNamesGrowsWaterBornWalksForgetCitiesSunFieldsSpringSingingRiversWarmEndlessTowersThresholdRefrainMuteChildlikeSparkleGrandson Author:Czeslaw Milosz
“I walk through the seasons and always the birds are singing and screaming and keening for love When you're with me it seems so absurd that I should be jealous of the jay and the dove.” ShouldSeemsWalksSingingBirdSeasonsAbsurdJealousDoveBeing Jealous Book:Linger Source: Linger
“Do you ever sing in the car?" "Generally not. But I am driving a police car." "I think people would like a singing policeman. Makes life seem more like a musical. Like Foot-tastic." "You can talk for a long time about nothing." "I certainly can, you charming man!” PeopleThinkingMenLongSeemsFeetCarLong TimeSingingPoliceMusicalDrivingCharmingPolicemenPolice CarsCharming Man Author:Maureen Johnson
“Every spring I hear the thrush singing in the glowing woods he is only passing through. His voice is deep, then he lifts it until it seems to fall from the sky. I am thrilled. I am grateful. Then, by the end of morning, he's gone, nothing but silence out of the tree where he rested for a night. And this I find acceptable. Not enough is a poor life. But too much is, well, too much. Imagine Verdi or Mahler every day, all day. It would exhaust anyone.” WellsEndsEnoughSeemsNightFallVoicePoorSilenceMorningGoneToo MuchImagineTreeSkySpringSingingGratefulWoodsPassingPassingsLiftsAcceptableGlowingPassing ThroughI Am GratefulPoor LifeThrushMahlerVerdi Book:A Thousand Mornings: Poems Source: A Thousand Mornings: Poems
“It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page.” WritingHas BeensSeemsSongMusicPagesSingingMemorableSongwritingSongwritersSleevesWriting SongsSinging Songs Author:Joan Baez