“A boy's hunched body loved out of a stalk
The first song of his happiness, and the song woke
His heart to the darkness and into the sadness of joy.”
First Song (1983).
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“Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.”
Martha Graham (1894–1991) American dancer and choreographer
Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899) Union United States Army officer
How To Reform Mankind (1896). http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/robert_ingersoll/how_to_reform_mankind.html Republished by Kessinger Publishing, Llc, 2005. http://books.google.de/books/about/How_to_Reform_Mankind.html?id=u-IpAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
Otis Redding (1941–1967) American singer, songwriter and record producer
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song), co-written with Steve Cropper.
Song lyrics, Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul (1966)
“A song nobody likes is a sad thing. But a love song nobody likes is hardly a thing at all.”
Rob Sheffield (1966) American music journalist
Source: Love Is a Mix Tape
M. Ward (1973) singer-songwriter and guitarist
On songwriting styles of the post-World War II era, in an interview with Bob Boilen on All Songs Considered (17 November 2006) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15961159 (NPR) <br class="br">Context: The songwriting style, to me, is superior... there was a certain amount of joy in it, no matter how sad the song is. You get joy in listening to these Buddy Holly or Roy Orbison sad lyrics. I'm attracted to songs that have balance between the darks and the lights and giving them all equal opportunity.
Christine de Pizan De triste cuer chanter joyeusement
Car en mon cuer porte couvertement<br>Le dueil qui soit qui plus me puet desplaire,<br>Et si me fault, pour les gens faire taire,<br>Rire en plorant et très amerement<br>De triste cuer chanter joyeusement. <br class="br">Rondeau "De triste cuer chanter joyeusement", line 8; Maurice Roy (ed.) Œuvres Poétiques de Christine de Pisan (1886) vol. 1, p. 154, as translated by http://www.brindin.com/pfpistri.htm by Sheenagh Pugh.