“Whither away, Bluebird, Whither away? The blast is chill, yet in the upper sky Thou still canst find the color of thy wing, The hue of May. Warbler, why speed, thy southern flight? ah, why, Thou, too, whose song first told us of the Spring? Whither away?” FirstsMayStillsSongSkyColorSpringWingsSpeedFlightSouthernChillBlastHueBluebird Book:Poetical works Source: Poetical works
“A song is like a picture of a bird in flight; the bird was moving before the picture was taken, and no doubt continued after.” MovingSongTakenDoubtBirdFlightNo DoubtBirds In Flight Author:Pete Seeger
“And one cold starry night / Whatever your belief / The phoenix will take flight / Over the seas of grief / To sing her thrilling song / To stars and waves and sky / For neither old nor young / The phoenix does not die.” DoeYoungNightSongDiesBeliefStarsGriefSeaSkyColdWaveFlightThrillingPhoenixStarry Night Author:May Sarton
“It is a bird-flight of the soul, when the heart declares itself in song. The affections that clothe themselves with wings are passions that have been subdued to virtues.” HeartHas BeensSoulSongPassionMusicVirtueBirdWingsAffectionFlight Book:Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside Source: Egeria: Or Voices of Thought and Counsel, for the Woods and Wayside
“I started writing an album on flights to Africa and Brazil, but it was crazy because I left the notebook on the plane. It had seven or eight songs in it. After that, I'm not writing any more songs on notebooks - and I keep my Blackberry close!” WritingSongLeftCrazySevenAlbumsEightFlightPlanesNotebookBrazilBlackberries Author:Estelle
“Operation Peter Pan spanned from 1960-62 whereby over 14,000 children were sent away from their families in Cuba, some never to reunite again. Pan Am flights took the children to Miami FL, 'Never-Never Land', and the children became known as the 'Peter Pans.' I wrote this song for my daughter, and it is sung for all the daughters and mothers, fathers and brothers who felt this pain of separation all because of governments and their politics.” ChildrenGovernmentPainMotherSongFatherFeltKnownLandBrotherDaughterSeparationFlightOperationsMy DaughterPeter1960sCubaMiamiMother And DaughterFather And BrotherNever Never LandPain Of Separation Author:Tori Amos