There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered

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. – Edgar Allan Poe

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When Satan makes impure verses, Allah sends a divine tune to cleanse them. – George Bernard Shaw

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Thats the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he never could recapture the first fine careless rapture! – Robert Browning

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If your neighbor looks at you like they dont enjoy the key youre singing in, look right back, bless them, and keep on singing. – Odetta

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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. – W. H. Auden

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