“Shine on me, babycause it's rainingin my heart.”
Elliott Smith (1969–2003) American singer-songwriter
A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity To Be Free.
Lyrics, From a Basement on the Hill (posthumous, 2004)
Source: Howl's Moving Castle
“Shine on me, babycause it's rainingin my heart.”
Elliott Smith (1969–2003) American singer-songwriter
A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity To Be Free.
Lyrics, From a Basement on the Hill (posthumous, 2004)
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, Death is Not the End
"Firefly" on Greta Gaines (1999) http://www.allmusic.com/album/greta-gaines-mw0000068041; the phrase in quotes is a line from a poem of Dylan Thomas. · Full song at YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIEA4mjwRik&spfreload=10 · Live Performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbr63vyH-58 <br class="br">Context: I am waking from a dream,<br>I am choking on a scream,<br>You were trying to show me something.<br>But the dark is wide and long,<br>The gates are closed, the crowd's all gone,<br>You're still shimmering and leading me on… Firefly that's what you are<br>Burning for me in my darkest hour<br>"Light breaks where no sun shines"<br>So shine for me tonight — firefly.
“The only thing black people can do for me is shine my shoes and buy my music.”
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
Misattributed in "He wasn't my king" by Helen Kolawole http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/elvis/story/0,12333,774842,00.html in The Guardian (15 August 2002) apparently citing an unsourced anecdote, that has been debunked in Counterpunch (29 August 2002) http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn0829.html which cites an article in Jet magazine (1 August 1957):<br>"Tracing that rumored racial slur to its source was like running a gopher to earth", Jet wrote. Some said Presley had said it in in Boston, which Elvis had never visited. Some said it was on Edward Murrow's on which Elvis had never appeared. Jet sent Louie Robinson to the set of Jailhouse Rock "When asked if he ever made the remark, Missisissippi-born Elvis declared: 'I never said anything like that, and people who know me know I wouldn't have said it.'" <br class="br">More on this misattribution at Snopes.com http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/presley1.asp <br class="br">Misattributed
Elton John (1947) English rock singer-songwriter, composer and pianist
Philadelphia Freedom (1975)
Song lyrics, Singles
Steve Forbert (1954) American singer-songwriter
I'm in Love With You
Song lyrics, Jackrabbit Slim (1979)
Van Morrison (1945) Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician
Brand New Day
Song lyrics, Moondance (1970)