“His goodness stands approved,Unchanged from day to day;I'll drop my burden at His feet,And bear a song away.” SongFeetBearsGoodnessBurdenDay To DayApproved Author:Philip Doddridge
“I think continually of those who were truly great . Who, from the womb, remembered the soul 's history Through corridors of light where the hours are suns , Endless and singing. Whose lovely ambition Was that their lips, still touched with fire , Should tell of the spirit clothed from head to foot in song .” ThinkingShouldStillsSoulLightSpiritSongHoursSunFireFeetAmbitionSingingLipsLovelyEndlessRememberedTouchedWombCorridors Book:Selected Poems of Stephen Spender Source: Selected Poems of Stephen Spender
“The potential beauty of human life is constantly made ugly by man's ever recurring song of retaliation. The oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever rising tides of revenge. Man has never risen above the injunction of the lex talionis: "Life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot." In spite of the fact that the law of revenge solves no social problems, men continue to follow its disastrous leading. History is cluttered with the wreckage of nations and individuals that pursued this self-defeating path.” MenHumansMadeSelfFactsProblemHandsEyeLawLife IsSongIndividualNationsSocialPathFeetOceanUglySolveRevengeTeethHuman LifeRisingSpiteTidesPursuedRisenRecurringSocial ProblemsRetaliationWreckage Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“My voice is my instrument. ... It is not in the throat, from where it appears to come. It is in my feet and how they touch the floor, in my legs and how they lift and sink with the rhythm of the song. It is in my hips and belly and lower back.” SongVoiceFeetSingingInstrumentsLegsRhythmHipsLiftsThroatBelly Book:Fire in the Rain- Singer in the Storm: An Autobiography Source: Fire in the Rain- Singer in the Storm: An Autobiography
“I've turned down songs that would be much easier to play on the radio that I don't think should be on the album. Maybe I've shot myself in the foot.” ThinkingShouldPlayWould BeSongFeetEasierShotsRadioAlbumsTurned Down Author:Jessie Ware