“They say that no one's gonna play this on the radio. They said the melancholy blues were dead and gone. But only songs like these played in minor keys, keep those memories holding on.” SaidPlaySongMemoriesGoneKeysRadioMelancholyMinorsThey SaidHolding On Author:Billy Joel
“If you and I shall, like the believing shepherds, watch and long for His appearing, one day we, too, shall hear a music grander and sweeter even than the song of angels, when the great Composer shall transpose all the strains of earth from the minor into the major, when the wail of nature shall give way to the glad harmony of the everlasting jubilee.” IfsWayGivingBelieveLongEarthSongWatchesOne DayMajorsAngelHarmonyGladComposerMinorsStrainEverlastingAppearingShepherdsJubilee Author:Abbott Eliot Kittredge
“I need all kinds of songs - fast ones, slow ones, minor key, ballads, rumbas - and they all get juggled around during a live show. I've been trying for years to come up with songs that have the feeling of a Shakespearean drama, so I'm always starting with that.” NeedsTryingYearsKindShowsFeelingsSongKeysDramaStartingCome UpAll KindsMinorsBalladsRumba Author:Bob Dylan
“When the heart grows weary, all things seem dreary; When the burden grows heavy, the way seems long. Thank God for sending kind death as an ending, Like a grand Amen to a minor song.” WayHeartKindLongSeemsSongGrowsSadnessSadAll ThingsBurdenHeavyThank GodMinorsWearyAmenDreary Book:Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics) Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)