“Lovers come and go, the river roll, roll, roll.”
"Brokedown Palace"
Song lyrics, American Beauty (1970)
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American musician 1941–2019Related quotes
“Rolling the ball, rolling the ball, rolling the ball to me…”
Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
Song lyrics, The Kick Inside (1978)
“Roll on, thou ball, roll on
Through pathless realms of space,
Roll on!”
W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) English librettist of the Gilbert & Sullivan duo
To the Terrestrial Globe.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Tré Cool (1972) Drummer, punk rock musician
Sang to the tune of Row Your Boat Bullet in a Bible (2005) (on the tour bus).
“I'm a ROLLS-ROYCE! A MAN-EATING ROLLS-ROYCE!”
Taubie Kushlick (1910–1991) South African actor and director
Sunday Times interview (1980s)
Otis Redding (1941–1967) American singer, songwriter and record producer
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay, co-written with Steve Cropper.
Song lyrics, The Dock of the Bay (1968)
“Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round,
Till not a slave shall on this earth be found.”
John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) American politician, 6th president of the United States (in office from 1825 to 1829)
Poem
Context: Who but shall learn that freedom is the prize
Man still is bound to rescue or maintain;
That nature's God commands the slave to rise,
And on the oppressor's head to break the chain.
Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round,
Till not a slave shall on this earth be found.
“Classical musicians go to the conservatories, rock´n roll musicians go to the garages.”
Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer
Interview at Swedish Radio, programme Nightflite (circus 1980) http://home.swipnet.se/bengt-jonsson/zappaint.htm#Bobby