Pastoral Resources

Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear notion of the money to be made in it.

When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses isn't interested any longer. That's very astonishing.

Verse, singing, and speech have a common origin.

Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don't understand the language that you're singing in, they still know good music when they hear it.

I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here.

I think people who don't believe in God are crazy. How can you say there is no God when you hear the birds singing these beautiful songs you didn't make?

But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud.

I had been singing all my life, but I started acting in high school.

I think singing traditional country is wonderful, because I'm bringing it to my generation and to the younger kids.

One of my favorites is 'The Sound of Music'. When Julie Andrews runs through the hills singing her head off, I always wish that a gust of wind would blow her skirt up.

I'm not a big fan of Robert Plant's lyrics or his singing.

Who's judging American Idol? Paula Abdul? Paula Abdul judging a singing contest is like Christopher Reeve judging a dance contest!

My heart is like a singing bird.

I started singing at the Met when I was seven, and the competition was so fierce that it really prepared me.

I hear the singing of the lives of women. They clear mystery, the offering, and pride.

I'm more relaxed when I can hear the beat clearly all the time I'm singing.

No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful?

I can remember standing in the middle of the field after the race and seeing the American flag raised and hearing 'The Star Spangled Banner' and all the people singing it. Then I walked off the field and just kind of enjoyed the feeling.

Here, like everywhere else, laughing and singing, dancing and dreaming are not exactly the whole of reality; and for one ray of sun shining on the hut, the rest of the village remains in the dark.

The artists who stand out to me have a passion for what they do. There are a lot of people who can sing. It's just like when you go to church and people are singing because it sounds good, not because it feels good. There's a difference.