The only thing to do with a folk melody, once you have played it, is to play it louder.
Anonymous Quotes
A folksinger is someone who sings through his nose by ear.
Constancy in the woman whom we have ceased to love is a very negative virtue – also very irritating.
I am of Ireland and of the holy land of Ireland Good Sir, I pray thee, for the Saint of Charity, Come and dance with me In Ireland. (Said to be the oldest fragment of verse in the English language)
An Irishman is the only man in the world who will step over the bodies of a dozen naked women to get to a bottle of stout.
What Shall I Say About the Irish? The utterly impractical, never predictable, Sometimes irascible, quite inexplicable, Irish. Strange blend of shyness, pride and conceit, And stubborn refusal to bow in defeat. He’s spoiling and ready to argue and fight, Yet the smile of a child fills his soul with delight. His eyes are the quickest […]
Wherever you go and whatever you do, May the luck of the Irish be there with you.
To select well among old things is almost equal to inventing new ones.
One thing the inventors can’t seem to get the bugs out of is fresh paint.
Edison did not invent the first talking machine – he invented the first one that could be turned off.