“I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or watching their peculiar habits, or delineating them in the best way I could.” WaySongListeningHabitBirdBest WayPeculiarGave Up Book:Audubon and His Journals Source: Audubon and His Journals
“A well-composed song strikes the mind and softens the feelings, and produces a greater effect than a moral work, which convinces our reason, but does not warm our feelings, nor effect the slightest alteration in our habits” MindWellsDoeReasonFeelingsSongMoralGreaterEffectsProduceHabitWarmStrikesConvinceBalladsAlterations Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“People have habits about what they think songs should be like. There's the folky thing of: "Poor me, I'm a sensitive person in a cruel world." Or the pop thing of: "Hey, look at me, I'm sexy."” PeopleThinkingWorldShouldLooksPersonsSongPoorHabitSexyPopsHeySensitiveLook At MeCruel WorldSensitive PersonPoor Me Author:Robert Wyatt
“Unfortunately for humanity, I've gotten into the habit of providing my own closing music for shows by singing a song and playing the ukulele.” ShowsSongHumanityMy OwnHabitSingingProvidingClosingUkulele Author:John Hodgman