“Song like a rose should be; Each rhyme a petal sweet; For fragrance, melody, That when her lips repeat The words, her heart may know What secret makes them so. Love, only Love.” KnowsShouldHeartMaySongSecretMusicSweetRoseLipsRepeatsMelodyRhymeFragranceOnly LovePetals Book:The Poems of Frank Dempster Sherman Source: The Poems of Frank Dempster Sherman
“My father urged Alan [Lomax] not to repeat the mistakes of the European folklorists who, a century ago, had collected these peasant songs and then arranged them for part choir and accompanied them on piano, and then told the young people of their country, "Don't change a note, this is our sacred heritage." Father said, whether it's a fiddle tune or a gospel song, learn it right off the record from the people who grew up with it. Don't just learn it from a piece of paper.” PeopleSaidCountryYoungSongFatherMistakeRecordsPiecesCenturyGrewPaperGrew UpSacredNotesPianoRepeatsTunesHeritagePeasantsDon't ChangeChoirFiddleGospel Songs Author:Pete Seeger
“I sing, not to hear the echo repeat, a shade fainter, my song! I think of light and not of glory! Singing is my fashion of waging war and bearing witness. And if my song is the proudest of songs, it is that I sing clearly to make the day rise clear!” IfsThinkingWarLightSongClearFashionSingingGloryWitnessRepeatsShadeEchoesWaging WarBearing Witness Book:CHANTECLER PLAY IN FOUR ACTS Source: CHANTECLER PLAY IN FOUR ACTS
“I love Miley Cyrus. "We Can't Stop" is my ringtone. It's, like, one of eight songs that I have on my phone. I listen to it on repeat. It helps you to do anything you need to do. I'm at the gym, "We Can't Stop" is great. I'm trying to fall asleep: "We Can't Stop."” NeedsTryingHelpingSongFallPhonesEightRepeatsGymMiley Author:Molly Tarlov