I’ve begun to sing with pop singers, which is for me an incredible pleasure. First, I like people—most of the people I work with are absolutely incredible. Others are a little less incredible, but I am not expecting sanctity on this planet. I am not myself a saint.
Singers - Singing Quotes
I have had with the Met an incredible collaboration. I feel really at home in this theater. Working there is a pleasure, even if you are not at 100 percent.
When I sang my American folk melodies in Budapest, Prague, Tiflis, Moscow, Oslo, or the Hebrides or on the Spanish front, the people understood and wept or rejoiced with the spirit of the songs. I found that where forces have been the same, whether people weave, build, pick cotton, or dig in the mine, they […]
Now somebody will ask me, Pete, how can you prove these songs really make a difference? And I have to confess I can’t prove a darn thing, except that the people in power must think they do something, because they keep the songs off the air.
I have spent my days stringing and unstringing my instrument while the song I came to sing remains unsung.
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
Look what they’ve done to my song, Ma Look what they’ve done to my song Well it’s the only thing I could do half right And it’s turning out all wrong Look what they’ve done to my song… Well they’ve tied it up in a plastic bag Then turned it upside down Look what they’ve […]
He who sings frightens away his ills.
Today if something is not worth saying, people sing it.
Sing, Sing a song, Sing out loud, Sing out strong, Sing of good things, not bad, Sing of happy, not sad, Sing, Sing a song, Make it simple, To last your whole life long, Don’t worry that it’s not good enough, For anyone else to hear, Sing, Sing a song.
