“I cannot sing the old songs Though well I know the tune, Familiar as a cradle-song With sleep-compelling croon; Yet though I'm filled with music, As choirs of summer birds, I cannot sing the old songs-- I do not know the words.” KnowsWellsSongSleepSummerBirdFilledFamiliarTunesCompellingCradleChoirOld Song Author:Robert Jones Burdette
“Animals of every kind live on the Other Side, .. you are not crazy if you feel the spirit of your cat rubbing against your legs, hear the sound of your dog's toenails clicking on the wood floor, or hear the familiar song your bird used to sing. Our pets do come back to visit us.” IfsFeelsKindUsedSpiritSongSoundSidesAnimalCrazyDogBirdCatLegsWoodsFamiliarPetToenails Author:Sylvia Browne
“Coming, as I do, from mountain folk on one side and sea followers on the other, there are few old songs of the hills or the sea with which I am not familiar.” SongSidesSeaMountainFolksFamiliarHillsFollowersOld Song Author:Robert E. Howard
“One of the things that I try to be conscious about in crafting a song is the concept of bringing it home. I like to bring it somewhere familiar, someplace that people feel it's resolved, it's settled.” PeopleFeelsTryingHomeSongConsciousConceptsFamiliar Author:Carole King
“Television's contribution to family life has been an equivocal one. For while it has, indeed, kept the members of the family from dispersing, it has not served to bring them together. By its domination of the time families spend together, it destroys the special quality that distinguishes one family from another, a quality that depends to a great extent on what a family does, what special rituals, games, recurrent jokes, familiar songs, and shared activities it accumulates.” DoeHas BeensTogetherSongGamesQualitySpecialTelevisionDependsActivityMembersJokesFamiliarContributionRitualDominationFamily Life Author:Marie Winn
“I don't love playing new songs in a festival environment. Because when it comes to a festival a lot of people probably won't know your band really well at all so playing more familiar songs is a little more conducive in having a better show.” PeopleKnowsWellsLittlesShowsSongEnvironmentBandFamiliarFestivalsNew Songs Author:Jack Barakat