“Writing songs is a profession; so it's not an attempt to take things from my interactions with other people and for some reason give them to a total stranger to listen to. I find it offensive to hear other people do that.” PeopleGivingWritingReasonSongStrangerProfessionInteractionOffensiveWriting SongsInteraction With Others Book:Will Oldham on Bonnie Source: Will Oldham on Bonnie
“We made it. Despite the fear and predictions of doom. We made it. Even though there were days when we were tired and there were days when we forgot who we were. We made it. And we must thank the stars for this. And the birds for their beautiful songs. And the strangers who were careful to smile. We made it.” InspirationalMadeBeautifulSongStarsFearBirdTiredCarefulStrangerDespiteMade ItPredictionsDoom Author:Ron Atchison
“Legends of the Silver Stallion had been told for years now, whenever mountain stockmen met round the campfires or on the winding hill tracks. Songs were sung about him to the cattle and both songs and tales had become even stranger since his supposed death when he vanished through the wind and the night over a great cliff. Tales kept cropping up of a ghost horse seen, or imagined, roaming over the mountains at night, of stockmen waking in a hut at midnight, hearing the tremendous stallion’s cry which could only be Thowra’s” YearsNightSongCryWindMetsMountainHorseRoundsTrackStrangerHearingGhostTalesHillsSilverLegendsWakingMidnightCliffsCattleHutsRoamingCampfireStallions Author:Elyne Mitchell
“They seldom looked happy. They passed one another without a word in the elevator, like silent shades in hell, hell-bent on their next look from a handsome stranger. Their next rush from a popper. The next song that turned their bones to jelly and left them all on the dance floor with heads back, eyes nearly closed, in the ecstasy of saints receiving the stigmata.” LooksEyeSongNextLeftHellDancingSilentSaintStrangerBonesEcstasyShadeReceivingBentHandsomeElevatorsJellyDance Floor Book:The Dancer from the Dance: A Novel Source: The Dancer from the Dance: A Novel
“I'm good with songs I haven't written, if I like them. I'm glad I didn't write any of them. I already know how they go, so I have more freedom with them. I understand these songs. I've known them for 40 years, 50 years, maybe longer, and they make a lot of sense. So I'm not coming to them like a stranger.” IfsKnowsWritingYearsSongKnownKnow HowWrittenHavensStrangerGlad Author:Bob Dylan