“My goal from the very beginning was just to write good songs that don't require any production to be felt or understood. I wanted to be able to sit in a room with a guitar and play the song from beginning to end and have it be as impactful as if you heard the studio version with all the bells and whistles.” IfsWritingEndsPlayAbleWantedSongFeltGoalRoomsHeardUnderstoodGuitarProductionsStudiosVersionsBells Author:Madonna Ciccone
“I am the Alexander Graham Bell of the phone company, the Christopher Columbus of America because after 'The Twist' everything changed, .. Watch the films from 1958 up to 1959, and watch American Bandstand during that time. After the song came out, everything was different.” DifferentAmericaFilmSongCompanyWatchesChangedPhonesBellsTwistsColumbusGraham Bell Author:Chubby Checker
“I opened the doors of my heart. And behold, There was music within and a song, And echoes did feed on the sweetness, repeating it long. I opened the doors of my heart. And behold, There was music that played itself out in aeolian notes: Then was heard, as a far-away bell at long intervals tolled.” HeartLongHappinessSongDoorsHeardMy HeartNotesBellsFar AwayEchoesSweetnessIntervals Book:The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow Source: The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow
“When I first was trying to play the clubs around Houston to start playing my own songs, songwriters like Eric Taylor and Vince Bell and Townes Van Zandt and Don Sanders were just really encouraging to me and would let me sit in with them during their sets and introduce me to the person that owned and booked the club.” TryingFirstsPersonsPlaySongMy OwnLet MeClubsBellsIntroducingSongwritersVansEricHouston Author:Lyle Lovett
“Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart. Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind--these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell. It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.” IfsMindHeartSongWaitingEmptyLongingRingsEndlessBurningImpulseServingOverwhelmingDaringBellsClingingPilgrimageShrinesAudaciousPerishing Book:Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion Source: Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion
“A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away!” LoveGivingHeartSongLove IsRingsBellsRomantic Love Author:Oscar Hammerstein II