Song Originally Performed

Famous quotes containing the words song, originally and/or performed:

    “Some of us prefer Austrian voices risen in song to ugly German threats.”
    —Ernest Lehman (b. 1920)

    “We were hospitably entertained in Concord, New Hampshire, which we persisted in calling New Concord, as we had been wont, to distinguish it from our native town, from which we had been told that it was named and in part originally settled. This would have been the proper place to conclude our voyage, uniting Concord with Concord by these meandering rivers, but our boat was moored some miles below its port.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible.”
    —Allan Massie (b. 1938)