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Quotes about song and singing
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Precisely because we do not communicate by singing, a song can be out of place but not out of character; it is just as credible that a stupid person should sing beautifully as that a clever person should do so. (Cole Gary)
It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page. (Cole Gary)
It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them. (Cole Gary)
The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just my songs. (Cole Gary)
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This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist. (Cole Gary)
There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few. (Cole Gary)
Odds life! must one swear to the truth of a song? (Cole Gary)
He who sings, frightens away all his ills. (Cole Gary)
When Satan makes impure verses, Allah sends a divine tune to cleanse them. (Cole Gary)
I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory. (Cole Gary)
Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung. (Cole Gary)
In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming. (Cole Gary)
I love songs that are very autobiographical. (Cole Gary)
And ultimately the people who produce my records, they know that they're here to serve the purpose of me expressing who I am at this period of time and augmenting that or pulling it forward and I love that process. (Cole Gary)
You know, songs often have a very coloured past. They might have something about them but it still doesn't work, so someone else adds a bit, and someone else adds a bit so perhaps one day I'll know its full history. (Cole Gary)
Give me life, give me pain, give me myself again (Cole Gary)
It was my 16th birthday - my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do - write songs and sing them to people. (Cole Gary)
Singing is the love of my life, but I was ready to give it all up because I couldn't handle people talking about how fat I was. (Cole Gary)
It's kind of a reminder, particularly when you look at his young children, how they gravitate to goodness and to light, ... The idea of the song is that no matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere. (Cole Gary)
If It Makes You Happy (Cole Gary)
Everything that happens to you influences your writing (Cole Gary)
Someone asked me the other day if I was going to wear a yellow dress. (Cole Gary)
Under this rock lives someone who rocks. (Cole Gary)
Don't the wounded bird still sing? (Cole Gary)
Sweet Child O' Mine (Cole Gary)
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