Precisely because we do not communicate by singing, a song can be

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. – W. H. Auden

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The singer has everything within him. The notes come out from his very life. They are not materials gathered from outside. – Rabindranath Tagore

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It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them. – Hilaire Belloc

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Songs are funny things. They can slip across borders. Proliferate in prisons. Penetrate hard shells. I always believed that the right song at the right moment could change history. – Pete Seeger

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He who sings, frightens away all his ills. – Anon.

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