Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ricky Fante

I wrote the song in tribute ... at the time she was murdered,

Dan Hill

Songs sometimes are so connected to the sociology of the time.

Robert Cray

Normally when we go in and write the songs we write, we think about doing a cover, but never a covers record. That would be, for us, a concept. We don't want to have a concept!

Rob Sheffield

The Word 'Repulse': I hate this word. I believe 'repel' is a perfectly good word, and 'repulsion' is the noun, as well as the title of an excellent Dinosaur Jr. song. A compulsion compels you; an impulse impels you. Nobody ever says 'compulse' or 'impulse' as a verb. So why would you ever say 'repulse'? This word haunts me in my sleep, like a silver dagger dancing before my eyes. Renee looked it up and I was wrong. But I still kind of think I'm right.

Rob Sheffield

A song nobody likes is a sad thing. But a love song nobody likes is hardly a thing at all.

Rob Sheffield

Thanks to the greatest invention of recent years, the MP3-playing alarm clock, I can now choose the song that wakes me up in the morning.

Rob Sheffield

Our lives were just beginning, our favorite moment was right now, our favorite songs were unwritten.

Rob Sheffield

If all music did was bring the past alive, that would be fine. You can hide away in music and let it recapture memories of things that used to be. But music is greedy and it wants more of your heart than that. It demands the future, your future. Music wants the rest of your life. So you can't rest easy. At any moment, a song can come out of nowhere to shake you up, jump-start your emotions, ruin your life.

Rob Zombie

A big mistake a lot of filmmakers do is they like, "We cut our whole ending to a Rolling Stones song." You better find a new ending then, because unless you have $2 million for that song.

Sarah Silverman

I still have highs and lows, maybe I don't cry salty tears as much.

William Blake

Every tear from every eyeBecomes a babe in eternity.

Kristen Bell

I'm empathetic to a fault. I really do - embarrassingly enough - tear up when someone squishes a bug in front of me.

Miguel de Unamuno

The tears of anguish irritate and excite; but those of repentance are the ones that wash.

Publilius Syrus

Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.

Leigh Hunt

Some tears belong to us because we are unfortunate; others, because we are humane; many, because we are mortal. But most are caused by our being unwise. It is these last only that of necessity produce more.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Nothing dries sooner than a tear.

Margaret Atwood

The facts of this world seen clearly are seen through tears.

Pierre Jean de Beranger

Glory is a shroud that posterity often tears from the shoulders of those who wore it when living.

Rosaleen Tallon

It is all wrong in its symbolism. I look up to the sky to remember him. I will never go down.

Denise Moore

He never remembers us together. This is the only time he remembers me is in prison.

Richard Paul Evans

In the end, we all lose it. Remember that. In the end, we own nothing.

Richelle Mead

„Ma'am?“ She glanced up at me, pushing her glasses up her nose as she did. “Hmm? Oh, I remember you. Miss Melbourne.“ “Melrose,“ I corrected. “Are you sure? I could've sworn you were named after someplace in Australia.“ „Well, my first name is Sydney,“ I said, not sure if I should be encouraging her.

Ryan Miller

As I have always found, and often am forced to remember, to all things there is a beginning and an end.

Sarah Silverman

Being with friends felt like a burden. I remember just sobbing.

Sarah Silverman

The reason the rest of us remember, like, when John Lennon died, is because it's a moment when adrenaline is surging.

Rebecca Wells

There is the truth of history, and there is the truth of what a person remembers.

W. S. Merwin

What you remember saves you.