Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star.
Oscar Hammerstein IiRead
All the sounds of the earth are like music.
Interpretation
Nature's sounds can evoke the beauty of music.
This quote suggests that the diverse sounds produced by the natural world can resonate with us in a way similar to music, emphasizing the harmony and beauty that exists in our environment. It invites us to appreciate and be attuned to the auditory experiences around us, recognizing that they contribute to the symphony of life.
In practice
During a nature walk, one could say this quote to emphasize the beauty of the sounds around us.
Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star.
There is a very real relationship, both quantitatively and qualitatively, between what you contribute and what you get out of this world.
I'm not going to run, I'm going to stand here and watch. Every blow will cut into my heart, and tell me who and what you are.
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The last time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay, I heard the laughter of her heart in every street cafΓ©.
Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?
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What has Rock and Roll ever done for us? Everything.
I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me.
I don't really look at the charts at all. If anything, I try to out-do what I've done before. I try to make music that I like and I trust my own judgement with what will work with a wider audience. If you compare yourself to the charts, you lose perspective on what you're doing and why you're doing it.
Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable.
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