Man with a Bull-Tongue Plow, first line of the poem (1934)
“I am a servant to the farmers.”
Verghese Kurien (1921–2012) Indian founder of dairy-cooperative Amul
In How a farmers’ servant painted the nation white, 9 September 2012, 31 Deccember 2013, The Hindu http://www.hindustantimes.com/comment/columnsothers/how-a-farmers-servant-painted-the-nation-white/article1-927184.aspx, <br class="br">Quote
“The essential thing is to WANT to sing. This then is a song. I am singing.”
Henry Miller book Tropic of Cancer
Source: Tropic of Cancer
Artemus Ward (1834–1867) American writer
Artemus Ward, His Travels http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/eafbin2/toccer-eaf?id=Weaf483&tag=public&data=/www/data/eaf2/private/texts&part=0, Lecture (1865).
Richard Cobden (1804–1865) English manufacturer and Radical and Liberal statesman
Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1843/feb/17/distress-of-the-country-adjourned-debate in the House of Commons (17 February 1843). <br class="br">1840s
“Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
According to the Jefferson Library, this is misattributed to Jefferson http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Those_who_hammer_their_guns_into_plows. <br class="br">Misattributed
“I would rather be dead than singing Satisfaction when I am 45.”
Mick Jagger (1943) British rock musician, member of The Rolling Stones
“What am I singing?
A song of seeds — The food of love. Eat the music.”
Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
Song lyrics, The Red Shoes (1993)
