I am not a natural singer, but I can sing, and probably the way I sing is more imitative than from myself, which is why I am never going to be an amazing recording artist.


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WILLIAM BLAKE
I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy...
WILLIAM BLAKE
Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for man...
WILLIAM BLAKE
I must create a system or be enslaved by another man s; I will not reason and compare: my business i...
WILLIAM BLAKE
He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.
WILLIAM BLAKE
That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against t...
WILLIAM BLAKE
You smile with pomp and rigor, you talk of benevolence and virtue; I act with benevolence and virtue...
WILLIAM BLAKE
Sweet babe, in thy face Soft desires I can trace, Secret joys and secret smiles, Little ...
WILLIAM BLAKE
O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stained With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit Beneath...
WILLIAM BLAKE
Being in the army is like being in the Boy Scouts, except that the Boy Scouts have adult supervision...
BLAKE CLARK
Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.
WILLIAM BLAKE
As a man is, so he sees.
WILLIAM BLAKE
I have mental joys and mental health, Mental friends and mental wealth, I've a wife that I lov...
WILLIAM BLAKE
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may wel...
WILLIAM BLAKE
Excess of sorrow laughs, excess of joy weeps.
WILLIAM BLAKE
Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy--for friendship's sake.
WILLIAM BLAKE
Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
WILLIAM BLAKE
The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else.
JOHN BLAKE
I'm passionate about anything I align myself with. You want to talk about chocolate chip cookies...
BLAKE LIVELY
Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for man...
WILLIAM BLAKE
My subcommittee will be thoroughly investigating this issue and demanding answers from Census offici...
BLAKE FARENTHOLD
I just bought a Jeep painted like an American flag. No one better question how patriotic I am.
BLAKE ANDERSON
Even if it's your wedding, if you're a guy, it's boring.
BLAKE SHELTON
Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.
WILLIAM BLAKE
The eye altering, alters all.
WILLIAM BLAKE
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
WILLIAM BLAKE
What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a theatre? are they two and not on...
WILLIAM BLAKE
I think you have to be willing to take a bullet for somebody if you're going to stand up there, ...
BLAKE SHELTON
Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.
WILLIAM BLAKE
I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love.
WILLIAM BLAKE
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
WILLIAM BLAKE
The Green Lantern is a unique superhero because it's not that he's super that is his focus; ...
BLAKE LIVELY
The smell of pine needles, spruce and the smell of a Christmas tree - those to me, are the scents of...
BLAKE LIVELY
Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.
WILLIAM BLAKE
Do what you will, this world's a fiction and is made up of contradiction.
WILLIAM BLAKE