Country Vocal Performance

Famous quotes containing the words country, vocal and/or performance:

    “[I]n our country economy, letter writing is an hors d’oeuvre. It is no part of the regular routine of the day.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    “With sweet May dews my wings were wet,
    And Phoebus fir’d my vocal rage;
    He caught me in his silken net,
    And shut me in his golden cage.

    He loves to sit and hear me sing,
    Then, laughing, sports and plays with me;
    Then stretches out my golden wing,
    And mocks my loss of liberty.”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)

    “No performance is worth loss of geniality. ‘Tis a cruel price we pay for certain fancy goods called fine arts and philosophy.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)