„Now let us sing — Long live the king,
And Gilpin, long live he;
And, when he next doth ride abroad,
May I be there to see!“

„As long as we live there is never enough singing.“

—  Martin Luther seminal figure in Protestant Reformation 1483 - 1546

„A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope, without friends, without books, even without music, as long as he can listen to his own thoughts and to the singing of a bird outside his window and to the far-away voice of the sea.“

—  Axel Munthe, книга The Story of San Michele

Preface, 1928
The Story of San Michele (1929)

„Our fathers’ God, to thee,
Author of liberty,
To thee I sing;
Long may our land be bright
With freedom’s holy light;
Protect us by thy might,
Great God, our King!“

—  Samuel Francis Smith Protestant Christian Minister Patriotic hymn writer 1808 - 1895

America, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

„The heavy trouble, the bewildering care
That weighs us down who live and earn our bread,
These idle verses have no power to bear;
So let em sing of names rememberèd,
Because they, living not, can ne'er be dead,
Or long time take their memory quite away
From us poor singers of an empty day.“

—  William Morris author, designer, and craftsman 1834 - 1896

The Earthly Paradise (1868-70), Apology

„He has singed the beard of the king of Spain.“

—  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow American poet 1807 - 1882

The Dutch Picture, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

„Sing, riding's a joy! For me I ride.“

—  Robert Browning, Men and Women

Men and Women (1855), The last Ride together, vii.

„Let me say
and not mourn: the world
lives in the death of speech
and sings there.“

—  Wendell Berry author 1934

The Silence.
Poems

„Take it back
Oh, take it back
I don't want your lovin', anymore
Let me live
Oh, let me live
It's not you who I sing for“

—  Zooey Deschanel American actress, musician, and singer-songwriter 1980

"Take It Back".
She & Him : Volume One (2008)

„I sing as the bird sings
That lives in the boughs.“

—  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German writer, artist, and politician 1749 - 1832

Ich singe, wie der Vogel singt
Der in den Zweigen wohnet.
Bk. II, Ch. 11
Wilhelm Meister's Lehrjahre (Apprenticeship) (1786–1830)

„Ahh… Is he gonna sing "Happy birthday" to her next?“

—  Phil Brooks American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist 1978

December 13, 2010 (Slammy Awards) - During The Miz segment with the "Miz girl". Punk is actually referring to his own disturbing segment in which he sang "Happy birthday" to Rey Mysterio's daughter on the March 12, 2010 episode of SmackDown.
WWE Raw

„There's confusion in my head as I depart
but a singing, ringing, soaring in my heart
for beyond all time and space and doubt
I know
I've lived here before
long ago.“

—  Mike Scott songwriter, musician 1958

"I've Lived Here Before" (co-written with Liam Ó Maonlaí)
Universal Hall (2003)

„Come, sing now, sing; for I know you sing well;
I see you have a singing face.“

—  John Fletcher, The Wild Goose Chase

The Wild Goose Chase (c. 1621; published 1652), Act II. 2.

„I will follow my instincts, be myself for good or ill, and see what will be the upshot. As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I'll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche. I'll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can.“

—  John Muir Scottish-born American naturalist and author 1838 - 1914

attributed to a Muir "autobiographical notebook" in Linnie Marsh Wolfe, Son of the Wilderness: The Life of John Muir (1945), page 144
1870s

„How long, how long must we sing this song?“

—  Bono Irish rock musician, singer of U2 1960

"Sunday Bloody Sunday"
Lyrics, War (1983)

„Then sing as Martin Luther sang,
As Doctor Martin Luther sang,
“Who loves not wine, woman and song,
He is a fool his whole life long.”“

—  William Makepeace Thackeray novelist 1811 - 1863

A Credo, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

„Gavroche had fallen only to rise again; he sat up, a long stream of blood rolled down his face, he raised both arms in air, looked in the direction whence the shot came, and began to sing.“

—  Victor Hugo, книга Отверженные

Источник: Les Misérables

„O you recall the song ya used to sing-a-long,
Shifting the river-trade on that ol' steamer,
Life is but a dream!“

—  Nick Cave Australian musician 1957

Song lyrics, From Her to Eternity (1984), Saint Huck

„I said, ‘Put back your heart, and sing, sing
While you know you’re still living.’
Sing, sing, sing, while you know there’s still –
New Music, new Music, new Music
Sweet Music can lighten us
Can brighten the world – can save us“

—  Cat Stevens British singer-songwriter 1948

Music
Song lyrics, Buddha and the Chocolate Box (1974)

„Then let not what I cannot have
My cheer of mind destroy.
Whilst thus I sing, I am a king,
Although a poor blind boy!“

—  Colley Cibber British poet laureate 1671 - 1757

The Blind Boy (l. 17-20).