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That means all of you. 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And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a147/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/13/147.v5.jpg" alt="Sade Adu"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Sade Adu</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="312c3"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="312c3" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a147/312c3/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Once%20a%20song%27s%20out%20there%2C%20it%27s%20no%20longer%20mine.%20And%20that%27s%20the%20whole%20purpose%20of%20music:%20to%20belong%20to%20people.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa147%2F312c3%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/114/">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/932/">Purpose</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1340/31275/">There wasn't really a song or artist that made me want to be a singer, I think I was always a fan of country music.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1340/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1c/1340.v9.jpg" alt="Sam Hunt"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Sam Hunt</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="31275"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="31275" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1340/31275/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=There%20wasn%27t%20really%20a%20song%20or%20artist%20that%20made%20me%20want%20to%20be%20a%20singer%2C%20I%20think%20I%20was%20always%20a%20fan%20of%20country%20music.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1340%2F31275%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/114/">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/470/">Country</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1706/">Artist</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1026/0607f/">Great music is its own movie, already. And the challenge, as a music fan, is to keep the song as powerful as it wants to be, to not tamper with it and to somehow give it a home.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1026/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/2/1026.v7.jpg" alt="Cameron Crowe"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Cameron Crowe</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="0607f"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="0607f" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1026/0607f/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Great%20music%20is%20its%20own%20movie%2C%20already.%20And%20the%20challenge%2C%20as%20a%20music%20fan%2C%20is%20to%20keep%20the%20song%20as%20powerful%20as%20it%20wants%20to%20be%2C%20to%20not%20tamper%20with%20it%20and%20to%20somehow%20give%20it%20a%20home.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1026%2F0607f%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/178/">Great</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/114/">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/595/">Home</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1207/35abb/">If I know a song of Africa, of the giraffe and the African new moon lying on her back, of the plows in the fields and the sweaty faces of the coffee pickers, does Africa know a song of me?</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1207/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/17/1207.v4.jpg" alt="Karen Blixen"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Karen Blixen</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="35abb"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="35abb" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1207/35abb/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=If%20I%20know%20a%20song%20of%20Africa%2C%20of%20the%20giraffe%20and%20the%20African%20new%20moon%20lying%20on%20her%20back%2C%20of%20the%20plows%20in%20the%20fields%20and%20the%20sweaty%20faces%20of%20the%20coffee%20pickers%2C%20does%20Africa%20know%20a%20song%20of%20me%3F&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1207%2F35abb%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/493/">Song</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/657/">Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1307/">Coffee</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a7140/17b69/">Step n' move your hips With a feelin' from side to side Sit yourself down in your car And take a ride.And while you're movin' Rock steady Rock steady baby. Let's call this song exactly what it is (What it is -what it is - what it is)</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a7140/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/4/7140.v4.jpg" alt="Aretha Franklin"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Aretha Franklin</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="17b69"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="17b69" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a7140/17b69/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Step%20n%27%20move%20your%20hips%20With%20a%20feelin%27%20from%20side%20to%20side%20Sit%20yourself%20down%20in%20your%20car%20And%20take%20a%20ride.And%20while%20you%27re%20movin%27%20Rock%20steady%20Rock%20steady%20baby.%20Let%27s%20call%20this%20song%20exactly%20what%20it%20is%20%28What%20it%20is%20-what%20it%20is%20-%20what%20it%20is%29&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa7140%2F17b69%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1152/">Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/544/">Car</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/832/">Baby</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1156/238a1/">Morrissey wrote to me and said, I have a song for you and if we release it as a single, you'll be on the charts for the first time since 1972, I said, what time, where?</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1156/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/4/1156.v5.jpg" alt="Nancy Sinatra"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Nancy Sinatra</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="238a1"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="238a1" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1156/238a1/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Morrissey%20wrote%20to%20me%20and%20said%2C%20I%20have%20a%20song%20for%20you%20and%20if%20we%20release%20it%20as%20a%20single%2C%20you%27ll%20be%20on%20the%20charts%20for%20the%20first%20time%20since%201972%2C%20I%20said%2C%20what%20time%2C%20where%3F&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1156%2F238a1%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/11/">Time</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/13/">Me</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/440/">Single</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-2'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-2'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a8117/31c12b/">I'm not afraid of being thought of as someone who is associated with film music. Why not? If it's a good song, what does it matter?</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a8117/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/15/8117.v16.jpg" alt="Bryan Adams"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Bryan Adams</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="31c12b"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="31c12b" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a8117/31c12b/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%27m%20not%20afraid%20of%20being%20thought%20of%20as%20someone%20who%20is%20associated%20with%20film%20music.%20Why%20not%3F%20If%20it%27s%20a%20good%20song%2C%20what%20does%20it%20matter%3F&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa8117%2F31c12b%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/57/">Good</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/114/">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1005/">Why</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a6442/11dba0/">I think in general, doing The X-Factor with the Steve Aoki song was the most difficult time, but also weirdly the most rewarding as well. I definitely felt like I couldn't do it, and then I definitely felt the support from everyone around me, the friends and family but also the fans and people outside of that.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a6442/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/a/6442.v12.jpg" alt="Louis Tomlinson"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Louis Tomlinson</span> </a> <a href="/b646/"><span itemprop="legalName">One Direction</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="11dba0"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="11dba0" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a6442/11dba0/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20think%20in%20general%2C%20doing%20The%20X-Factor%20with%20the%20Steve%20Aoki%20song%20was%20the%20most%20difficult%20time%2C%20but%20also%20weirdly%20the%20most%20rewarding%20as%20well.%20I%20definitely%20felt%20like%20I%20couldn%27t%20do%20it%2C%20and%20then%20I%20definitely%20felt%20the%20support%20from%20everyone%20around%20me%2C%20the%20friends%20and%20family%20but%20also%20the%20fans%20and%20people%20outside%20of%20that.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa6442%2F11dba0%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/11/">Time</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/117/">Thinking</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a24425/367aab/">I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far more people.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a24425/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/9/24425.v2.jpg" alt="Syd Barrett"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Syd Barrett</span> </a> <a href="/b479/"><span itemprop="legalName">Pink Floyd</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="367aab"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="367aab" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a24425/367aab/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20think%20it%27s%20good%20if%20a%20song%20has%20more%20than%20one%20meaning.%20Maybe%20that%20kind%20of%20song%20can%20reach%20far%20more%20people.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa24425%2F367aab%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/493/">Song</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1176/">Meaning</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2232/13262/">I don't think a reggaeton song will break again like 'Gasolina' did.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2232/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/18/2232.v11.jpg" alt="Maluma"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Maluma</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="13262"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a2232/13262/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/3032/1073754722.v1.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="13262" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2232/13262/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20don%27t%20think%20a%20reggaeton%20song%20will%20break%20again%20like%20%27Gasolina%27%20did.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2232%2F13262%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/3032/1073754722.v1.jpg&description=I%20don%27t%20think%20a%20reggaeton%20song%20will%20break%20again%20like%20%27Gasolina%27%20did." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/149/">Think</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/493/">Song</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/4114/">Break</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1585/21cbbc/">At times God puts us through the discipline of darkness to teach us to heed Him. Song birds are taught to sing in the dark, and we are put into the shadow of God鈥檚 hand until we learn to hear Him.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1585/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/11/1585.v5.jpg" alt="Oswald Chambers"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Oswald Chambers</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="21cbbc"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a1585/21cbbc/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303163/2147601340.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="21cbbc" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1585/21cbbc/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=At%20times%20God%20puts%20us%20through%20the%20discipline%20of%20darkness%20to%20teach%20us%20to%20heed%20Him.%20Song%20birds%20are%20taught%20to%20sing%20in%20the%20dark%2C%20and%20we%20are%20put%20into%20the%20shadow%20of%20God%E2%80%99s%20hand%20until%20we%20learn%20to%20hear%20Him.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1585%2F21cbbc%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303163/2147601340.jpg&description=At%20times%20God%20puts%20us%20through%20the%20discipline%20of%20darkness%20to%20teach%20us%20to%20heed%20Him.%20Song%20birds%20are%20taught%20to%20sing%20in%20the%20dark%2C%20and%20we%20are%20put%20into%20the%20shadow%20of%20God%E2%80%99s%20hand%20until%20we%20learn%20to%20hear%20Him." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/58/">God</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/376/">Hand</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/734/">Dark</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a23821/269033/">Came from a song that I made from, like, 2012 - there was some phrase like 'Rap Monster', and I just, I thought it was so cool. But as I grow up, and as I came to America, I think it felt like too much. So I just abbreviated it to 'RM', and it could symbolize many things. It could have more spectrums to it.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a23821/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/d/23821.v3.jpg" alt="Kim Nam-joon"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Kim Nam-joon</span> </a> <a href="/b370/"><span itemprop="legalName">BTS</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="269033"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="269033" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a23821/269033/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Came%20from%20a%20song%20that%20I%20made%20from%2C%20like%2C%202012%20-%20there%20was%20some%20phrase%20like%20%27Rap%20Monster%27%2C%20and%20I%20just%2C%20I%20thought%20it%20was%20so%20cool.%20But%20as%20I%20grow%20up%2C%20and%20as%20I%20came%20to%20America%2C%20I%20think%20it%20felt%20like%20too%20much.%20So%20I%20just%20abbreviated%20it%20to%20%27RM%27%2C%20and%20it%20could%20symbolize%20many%20things.%20It%20could%20have%20more%20spectrums%20to%20it.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa23821%2F269033%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/152/">America</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/444/">Things</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/3250/">Rap</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a16364/3eade/">It's very hard to write a song alone. It's only by jamming that you can get a song together.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicGroup"> <a href="/a16364/" itemprop="member" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/c/16364.v2.jpg" alt="Maurice Gibb"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Maurice Gibb</span> </a> <a href="/b257/"><span itemprop="legalName">Bee Gees</span></a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="3eade"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="3eade" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a16364/3eade/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=It%27s%20very%20hard%20to%20write%20a%20song%20alone.%20It%27s%20only%20by%20jamming%20that%20you%20can%20get%20a%20song%20together.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa16364%2F3eade%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/402/">Together</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/493/">Song</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/260/">Alone</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1027/237a9/">I met the Colonel when Elvis was recording some song I'd written for one of his movies. Elvis was just having fun with the gang and all the Memphis boys and Colonel Parker was sitting over here in like a theater seat.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1027/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/3/1027.v8.jpg" alt="Mac Davis"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Mac Davis</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="237a9"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="237a9" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1027/237a9/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20met%20the%20Colonel%20when%20Elvis%20was%20recording%20some%20song%20I%27d%20written%20for%20one%20of%20his%20movies.%20Elvis%20was%20just%20having%20fun%20with%20the%20gang%20and%20all%20the%20Memphis%20boys%20and%20Colonel%20Parker%20was%20sitting%20over%20here%20in%20like%20a%20theater%20seat.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1027%2F237a9%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/702/">Fun</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/6207/">Gang</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1657/">Having Fun</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4146/21e7c7/">The theater is necessary. Dance is necessary. Song is necessary. The arts are necessary- they are a necessary part of our lives</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4146/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/12/4146.v113.jpg" alt="Barack Obama"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Barack Obama</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="21e7c7"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a4146/21e7c7/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/3037/2147608519.v1.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="21e7c7" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4146/21e7c7/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20theater%20is%20necessary.%20Dance%20is%20necessary.%20Song%20is%20necessary.%20The%20arts%20are%20necessary-%20they%20are%20a%20necessary%20part%20of%20our%20lives&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4146%2F21e7c7%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/3037/2147608519.v1.jpg&description=The%20theater%20is%20necessary.%20Dance%20is%20necessary.%20Song%20is%20necessary.%20The%20arts%20are%20necessary-%20they%20are%20a%20necessary%20part%20of%20our%20lives" title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/423/">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/491/">Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1812/">Theater</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a9479/2136c7/">Before the Berlin Wall came down, we played behind the Iron Curtain and sang, 'Born in the U.S.A.,' and I thought, 'We're all going to die. The man is going to get us all killed.' But then you saw all these kids with the American flag and German flags together and singing the song, and it was, wow, like 'We Shall Overcome.'</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a9479/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/7/9479.v4.jpg" alt="Clarence Clemons"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Clarence Clemons</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="2136c7"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="2136c7" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a9479/2136c7/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Before%20the%20Berlin%20Wall%20came%20down%2C%20we%20played%20behind%20the%20Iron%20Curtain%20and%20sang%2C%20%27Born%20in%20the%20U.S.A.%2C%27%20and%20I%20thought%2C%20%27We%27re%20all%20going%20to%20die.%20The%20man%20is%20going%20to%20get%20us%20all%20killed.%27%20But%20then%20you%20saw%20all%20these%20kids%20with%20the%20American%20flag%20and%20German%20flags%20together%20and%20singing%20the%20song%2C%20and%20it%20was%2C%20wow%2C%20like%20%27We%20Shall%20Overcome.%27&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa9479%2F2136c7%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1108/">Kids</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/761/">American</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/402/">Together</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a702/214cb/">A great song should make you stop everything that you're doing. You should be so into it that you just can't imagine doing anything else for that moment. You wouldn't even dream of picking up the phone.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a702/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1e/702.v5.jpg" alt="Kara DioGuardi"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Kara DioGuardi</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="214cb"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="214cb" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a702/214cb/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=A%20great%20song%20should%20make%20you%20stop%20everything%20that%20you%27re%20doing.%20You%20should%20be%20so%20into%20it%20that%20you%20just%20can%27t%20imagine%20doing%20anything%20else%20for%20that%20moment.%20You%20wouldn%27t%20even%20dream%20of%20picking%20up%20the%20phone.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa702%2F214cb%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/855/">Up</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/178/">Great</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/482/">Dream</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a8367/37991/">Waiting the word of the Master, Watching the Hidden Light; Listening to his orders In the very midst of the fight; Seeing His slightest signal Across the heads of the throng; Hearing His faintest whisper Above earth's loudest song.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a8367/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/f/8367.v3.jpg" alt="Jiddu Krishnamurti"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Jiddu Krishnamurti</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="37991"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="37991" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a8367/37991/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Waiting%20the%20word%20of%20the%20Master%2C%20Watching%20the%20Hidden%20Light%3B%20%20Listening%20to%20his%20orders%20In%20the%20very%20midst%20of%20the%20fight%3B%20Seeing%20His%20slightest%20signal%20Across%20the%20heads%20of%20the%20throng%3B%20Hearing%20His%20faintest%20whisper%20Above%20earth%27s%20loudest%20song.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa8367%2F37991%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/801/">Earth</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/934/">Light</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/679/">Waiting</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-4'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; 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