#word

I am telling you what I know -- words have music and if you are a musician you will write to hear them. ↗

— E.L. Doctorow

#words #writing #music

Music conveys moods and images. Even in opera, where plots deal with the structure of destiny, it's music, not words, that provides power. ↗

— Marcel Marceau

#deal #destiny #even #images #moods

There is a world of communication which is not dependent on words. ↗

— Mary Martin

#dependent #which #words #world

People want to listen to a message, word from Jah. This could be passed through me or anybody. I am not a leader. Messenger. The words of the songs, not the person, is what attracts people. ↗

— Bob Marley

#anybody #attracts #could #i #i am

All I can say is I've been reading the lips of bleeped-out words, angry baseball players, and stoned-out rock stars on awards shows for years and it's been hilarious. Everyone is always asking me what the bleeped-out parts are saying. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#angry #asking #awards #baseball #baseball players

They had the music being piped right out on the street. I'd be three or four blocks from there and I couldn't get there fast enough because I'd hear old Joe holler them words. ↗

— Jay McShann

#being #blocks #enough #fast #four

Children are gifts. They are not ours for the breaking. They are ours for the making. ↗

— Dan Pearce

#arguing #break #child #children #dads

The night before, I'd gone overboard with my Lila poems, and maybe it's true that I was hoping that in them he'd see the genius of me, the beauty of my words in his hands. ↗

— Beth Kephart

#talent #unrequited-love #words #beauty

A lot of the time writers are just sponges... for what's around them, and so books are helpful for focusing your mind and literally putting it into words. ↗

— Marcus Mumford

#books #focusing #helpful #into #just

There are worse words than cuss words, there are words that hurt. ↗

— Tillie Olsen

#hurt #than #words #worse