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Bruce Brown has been feeding amazing morsels to folks in Marion for nearly 10 years, and the exuberant chef can't imagine enjoying it more anywhere else.
It's noon, so the rush is on at Bruce's Fabulous Foods in downtown Marion.
Owner Bruce Brown glides from back to front and around again in an expert arc. He checks in at the grill, where line cooks are whipping up house favorites, such as the Brucester Burger slathered in caramelized onions and the famous house pimento cheese, along with creative takes on the classics, such as the egg-salad melt on garlic rye.
Brown steps up to the grill when he needs to, but then he's back out front, saying hello to most folks by name, taking orders, and giving out hugs.
"Everybody gets hugs at Bruce's," Brown says. "We've become known for it." As if on cue, a young woman on her way back to college stops and embraces Brown, thanking him for a care package of homemade pimento cheese. (Every fall, he makes up dozens of the packages.)
Then it's back to checking on the kitchen, or answering a phone, or stopping by the hostess stand to check in with his wife, Barbara Jean.
Running a restaurant is relentless work, even at a diner that's only open for lunch — especially when you throw in a catering business, a new online venture, and two local cooking shows. But the pace is perfect for someone with Brown's energy, and his drive to be in the middle of it all.
"If you ask him, 'How are you, Bruce?' he will always say: 'Having fun,'" says Nancy Corpening, a Marion native and longtime customer. "I know he had surgery recently, and we thought that would slow him down. But it didn't. He was just as happy as ever."
Star of the diner
When Brown is making the rounds at the diner, he's on. Part of it is that he's happy in this place, where he gets to be creative, inventing dishes that he sometimes has to convince customers to try. And part of it is that Brown loves an audience.
His original plan was to become a sportscaster. But as the youngest of six children growing up in Elyria, Ohio, Brown says his older siblings got the cool jobs while he was relegated to the kitchen. He followed this path into a culinary career, which, as it turns out, puts him in front of a camera on a regular basis. As the host of "Carolina Kitchen," airing on Asheville's WLOS and WMYA three times a week, Brown shares recipes and tips and generally hams it up.
"I have too much fun," says Brown, western North Carolina's answer to Emeril Lagasse. Cajun food is one of his specialties; Marion residents know to watch for surprise Cajun Nights — among the few times a year that Bruce's Fabulous Foods is open for dinner.
After moving from Ohio to Marion in 1993 — his wife's family ties in Avery County pulled them home — Brown worked at a local, upscale eatery for nearly five years. In 2001, he started his own catering business, the original Bruce's Fabulous Foods, and eight months later, he added a tiny 10-seat diner; today, the luncheonette on South Main Street fills up with 80 patrons.
Here for the food
Bruce's is not a fashionable place. There's no glitzy decor or artisan tableware on the walls or tables. In classic diner mode, the restaurant is laid out like a railroad car, shuttling backward from the hostess stand through the main dining room to the final stops — party room, office, and restrooms. Swivel stools line the counter, giving patrons a front-row view of the grill. Carpet softens everything, and yards of white paint compensate for a shortage of sunlight. The ceiling is low. The plants hanging from it are not real. And you might be asked to save your plastic fork for dessert.
But patrons don't come here for ambience. They come for food that's fresh and a little out of the ordinary. The sweet-and-sour cucumber salad, for example, is lacy and unexpected. And the spinach-feta salad isn't confined to a bowl — some order it sunk into a pita and grilled.
"I get bored easily," Brown says. So he experiments. And his experiments typically end up as additions to the menu. If he encounters a skeptic, he's ready with a sample spoon.
"It's all about getting people to broaden their horizons and try something different," he says. "If someone gets to taste something homemade and fresh, it's very rare that they will turn up their noses. Get them to try the pimento cheese, and they'll come back for the roasted-beet hummus."
No offense, but the item folks are coming back for probably isn't the hummus — it's cheesecake. All 135-plus varieties of it. Company T-shirts read, "Home of the 101 Cheesecakes," but only because that number sounds catchier.
In the past few years, Bruce's has become known for cheesecakes, velvety creations that tempt with an ever-expanding list of flavors. The Chocolate Overload — chocolate chips, chocolate brownie bites, and white- and dark-chocolate ganache — is an undisputed favorite. Pink Bubble Gum is fun, sugary madness. Lighter appetites appreciate the Pink Lemonade and Watermelon. Then there's Sweet Potato Walnut and Sweet Tea & Lemon, Mexican Coffee and Dulce de Leche.
Of course, Brown has to slip in a few surprises as well — such as Flapjack, a country-breakfast tapestry of maple and butter, topped with bacon. "Everything tastes better with bacon," Barbara Jean says.
On any given day, customers have their pick from a dozen to two dozen flavors, typically a mix of favorite standards and new, inventive concoctions. The cheesecakes are so popular, Brown recently launched Cheesecake Bliss, an online cheesecake factory that ships the creamy delights all over the country.
Community connections
One day, Brown was shopping at Sam's Club, when his wife noticed two women who seemed to be keeping their eye on them.
"These two ladies were creeping up behind him, staying about 30 yards away," Barbara Jean says. "They whispered, 'Is that him?'"
They apparently recognized him from the TV show.
"I said, 'It sure is! Go give him a hug!'" Barbara Jean says.
Brown could do what he does anywhere — Asheville, or even Los Angeles or New York. "I've had offers," he says. But the connection to community keeps Brown firmly planted in this small mountain town.
"Marion is a little bit warmer than most places," he says.
Besides, if he moved operations, there'd be no one to supply the folks at the local EMS with their Brownie Bottom cheesecake. The combination of chocolate pan scrapings and general decadence is a favorite at the ambulance station; the techs asked Brown to let them know when the flavor's available.
"We call their landline, not 911," he says, smiling.
That kind of intimate hospitality is Brown's thing. It allows him to make folks happy, one slice and one hug at a time.
Bruce's Fabulous Foods
63 South Main Street
Marion, N.C. 28752
(828) 659-8023
Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
To order Bruce's cheesecake online, go to cheesecakebliss.com.
Melanie McGee Bianchi lives in Asheville and is a contributing editor at Carolina Home & Garden. Her articles appear in Mountain Xpress, Verve, WNC magazine, and Appalachian Voices. She recently had work published in the Asheville Poetry Review.


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Go back and see how it all began. From Altenburg to West Plains and everywhere in between.
Take the scenic route
The riverways and Ozark Mountains of Southeast Missouri offer some of the most breathtaking scenery in the country.
We have three cottages that sleep six, located two miles outside of Ironton, 80 miles southeast of St. Louis. The country setting provides a peace and quiet not found in the city. Walk along Stouts Creek; relax by the pool; float the Black River using canoes, rafts or tubes. Trail rides are on the adjacent property.
The Arcadia Valley offers a variety of outdoor recreation and events. Visit our website for details.
We have 15 housekeeping cabins with fully equipped kitchens. Cabins are 200 feet from the water's edge. We have a full-service marina and boat rentals. Open March-October. Reservations are taken after Jan. 1.
A rustic, secluded log cabin with loft; sleeps six. It has a European style, two-story fireplace, indoor Jacuzzi brand tub, outdoor hot tub and a large front porch. Bear Cub Cabin is smaller, but also sleeps six. The three-bedroom lodge sleeps 10; it has a red granite, woodburning fireplace, large deck and outdoor hot tub. All units have kitchen and bathroom. The lodgings offer half a mile of private Black River beach front access. Float trips and weekend entertainment are available at Bearcat Getaway Resort. Located 20 minutes from Johnson's Shut-Ins; 15 minutes from Taum Sauk Mountain State Park; 30 minutes from Elephant Rocks State Park; and 25 minutes from Fort Davidson State Historic Site.
Two cabins that sleep four to six. Full service shower house within 100 feet. Two miles from the Black River and Jeff's Canoe Rentals. Open all year.
On-site: hiking trails; equestrian trails; riding lessons; stall and pasture boarding.
Our cabins are located on a narrow point between Wappapello Lake and the Chaonia Cove. All are completely furnished with linens, full-sized stove and fridge, microwave, toaster, coffee pot, pots and pans, dishes and a charcoal grill.
We are located on southeast Missouri's beautiful Lake Wappapello. Our full-service resort offers a variety of fun and amenities to serve all of your vacationing needs, including, among other activities: fishing and pontoon boat rentals; boat ramps; bait; convenience store; camp sites, with primitive and electric; cabin rentals; a giant 22-foot Indian statue with observation deck; hiking; and boating.
Our store offers everything from simple food items to fishing and outdoor gear. Grab some ice for your cooler, sodas and snacks, and you are ready for the lake. Live bait such as crickets, worms and minnows available.
Rent one of our cabins and combine a trail ride with canoeing for a great family vacation. Ride our horses or bring your own. Meals can be provided.
In the fall, we offer lodging, meals, and maps to some of the area's best deer hunting spots. We are near hundreds of acres of conservation land. Shannon County consistently has one of the highest numbers of deer kills for the state.
Call for more info or see our website for schedules, details and location.
Four individual, fully furnished cottages. Cane Bluff Lodge is two bedroom, one bath; Rose Cottage is three bedroom, one bath; Cotton Cottage is three bedroom, two baths and one-hallf bath; Ivy Cottage is three bedroom, two baths. Fully equipped Kitchens. Bed and bath linens are furnished. Short stays or long term extended stays welcome. Quiet neighborhoods. Large yards for games or sitting around the firepit. We also offer guided fly-fishing services.
Please note, rates at the cottages vary by season. From November-March rates start at $55 per night for two people and increase by $10 per additional guest; from April-October, rates start at $65 per night and increase by $10 per additional guest. Reservations are strongly recommended. Pets are allowed for an additional fee and with prior approval.
Guest houses sleep four. Each cottage has a bedroom with queen bed and a hide-a bed couch that pulls out to a full-size bed in the front room. Amenities include full-size appliances: stove, refrigerator, microwave, dishwasher, washer and dryer. Kitchens are fully furnished with dishes, cookware and utensils. Also included are 32-inch flatscreen TVs with DVD player and cable.
Opened in 2010, these one-room log cabins offer private and quaint accommodations in the downtown area. Rustic with modern conveniences, the cabins feature outdoor themes.
Come visit Crystal Creek Ranch, a thousand-acre ranch, one mile from the Jacks Fork River and Alley Spring Mill; five miles from the Current River.
We offer unique lodging adventures, from a secluded tree retreat to an air-conditioned sheepherder's wagon to lake side log cabin. Restroom and showers for these accommodations are at the main hall.
The Old Red Barn, originally a milking barn for cows, was redone from the walls inward and offers two bedrooms, a full kitchen, a full bath and sleeps up to six.
And the Overlook Ranch House and Cabin Ridge House offer all the modern comforts in our peaceful, rustic setting.
There is a museum of horse-drawn equipment and farm primitives; a three-acre lake; and two miles of running streams. Most outside activities are free.
We have self-guided ranch tours; a small-animal area; walking trails; camping; RV; horseback riding; hayrides; nature trail; horse trails; labyrinth; a four-level overlook deck; and recreation center. Our air-conditioned main hall is available for private events.
This is a private cottage overlooking a 5.3-acre, stocked lake that provides great fishing. The cottage has: 1,300 square-feet; air-conditioned; fully furnished kitchen. The front is all windows with a great forest view. There are 150 acres for hiking.
Five secluded log cabins with jetted tub, fireplace and fully furnished kitchen. Linens and bedding provided.
Fully furnished. Creek and river access. Hiking trails. Situated 11 miles south of Steelville.
A fully-furnished log cabin in the woods. Ideal accommodation for families floating the Current River. Contains one bedroom and a sleeping loft accessed by ladder. The cabin accommodates six. No smoking.
Holliday Landing Resort and Marina is a family owned business on the banks of Lake Wappapello in Southeast Missouri. Holliday Landing has cabins overlooking Lake Wappapello, a spacious campground with water and electric hookups, as well as sites with water, electric, and sewer.
Holliday Landing has a marina with covered or uncovered slips to rent annually or nightly. The marina has a gas dock that sells gas all hours we are open. We also have boat rentals that include pontoon, jonboats, jet skis, kayaks, and a paddle boat. Holliday Landing has a store that sells basic groceries, tackle, beer, bait, as well as fishing/hunting permits.
While we do not have a restauraunt on the premises, there are choices in the region. The city of Greenville is nine miles away and has three restaurants to choose from, while the city of Poplar Bluff is 25 miles away and offers dozens of restaurants to choose from.
Holliday Landing has a small playground with sand volleyball, swings, tetherball, and horseshoes. We also have an outdoor pool our guests can enjoy. Holliday Landing is located alongside the Mark Twain National Forest and is surrounded by more than 50,000 acres of public land for outdoorsmen.
Our summer hours are listed; we also offer off-season hours and rates. Please visit our website for more information.
Hummingbird Hideaway is a two-bedroom, one-bath cottage in secluded Peola Valley. We offer peace and quiet, complete with a spring-fed creek that runs through our property. Remodeled in 2009, so most everything is new, from kitchen to bath to bedrooms. We provide private access to the Black River. There are hordes of hummingbirds, in season.
Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park offers six camper cabins located off of Loop 2 in the campground. The log cabins provide accommodations for up to four adults and two children. These accommodations include a queen-size bed and a double-size futon. The camper cabins, open March through December, may be reserved in advance. The camper cabins have electricity, heating and air conditioning but do not include water or restrooms. Each cabin has a dining table, ceiling fan, compact refrigerator and microwave. Exterior amenities include a porch bench, picnic table, pedestal grill and campfire grill. For reservations: 877-422-6766 or visit our Web site.
Koinania offers these lodging options:
Each unit includes a fully equipped kitchen and all linens. These cottages and cabins are situated on 110 privately owned acres in the Arcadia Valley, two hours south of St Louis. Groups can rent the entire facility.
Hike and explore; fish the small private stocked lake; enjoy the private riverfront; canoe the Black River; enjoy horseback riding.
Koinania is located within 30 miles of Johnson Shut-Ins State Park, Elephant Rocks State Park, The Ozark Trail, Fort Davidson State Historic Site, Bell Mountain Wilderness, Taum Sauk Mountain State Park, Dillard Mill State Historic Site, Historic Village of Caledonia and Council Bluff Lake.
This park offers camper cabins and housekeeping cabins that sleep 10. The housekeeping cabins include: kitchenette, refrigerator, electric cooktop and oven, pots and pans, coffeemaker, toaster, microwave; TV/DVD player. The camper cabins have electricity, heating and cooling. Each cabin has a dining table, ceiling fan, compact refrigerator and microwave/toaster oven; no water or restrooms in the camper cabins.
Exterior amenities include a porch bench, picnic table, pedestal grill and campfire grill. The park borders Lake Wappapello, providing fishing and a swimming beach. Hiking, backpacking, equestrian and mountain biking trails and picnicking highlight the park. Located 16 miles north of Poplar Bluff on Route 67; 8 miles east on Route 172. Camping reservations: 877-422-6766 and online.
Mark Twain Lodging is a perfect place to stay for a quiet getaway! These newly built log cabins are very nice and have the luxuries of home while being very close to the Eleven Point River!
This working ranch on the Meramec River has two private guest cabins.
They offer trail rides on smooth-gaited horse breeds. Enjoy canoeing, fishing, swimming, mountain biking, springs,wineries and caves.
Our six cozy cabins are situated next to Montauk State Park, one of the most popular trout fishing parks in Missouri. Fish and/or enjoy your float trips on the Current River.
Each cabin has: two full size beds w/blankets, sheets, pillows; full bathrooms with towels and some handmade goats milk soap that we make; full kitchen with pans, plates, cups, flatware; dish soap; salt & pepper; paper towels & napkins; oven mitts; microwave; toaster; coffee maker w/filters; two decks of playing cards; alarm clock-radio; picnic table; barbecue grill; fire pit; grill utensils.
Tents and RVs are prohibited, unless given prior permission. As of 2014 all the beds in our cabins come with a 3" Memory Foam Mattress topper for additional comfort! You can also TEXT us at (573) 247-9224.
This park has cabins, fourplex units and motel rooms. There are coin-operated laundries. The park's seven springs form the headwaters of the Current River. Regular stocking of rainbow trout provides excellent fishing during trout season, March-October. The park features dining, hiking trails, an old gristmill and picnicking.
Murphy's Place offers two beautiful vacation cabins nestled in the Ozark woods, each with an incredible view of the Meramec River. The first, Murphy's Retreat, is a three bedroom home with a basement that can sleep up to 12 people. The second, Copperstone Cottage, is a great little honeymoon-style cabin with a handmade queen-size bed. Both cabins have AC and heat and come complete with linens, kitchen utensils and almost anything else you may need. Just bring your food, charcoal and lighter fluid. Relaxation is the name of the game here. Our pavilion near the river's edge is a nice, shady spot to enjoy the afternoon. Take a dip in the water if you like. Peaceful Bend Winery is just across the road. We offer all these activities and attractions plus horseback riding, float trips and hiking trails without the crowds and bustle of a conventional campground. If you are looking for a relaxing getaway, come visit us at Murphy's Place. We would love to meet you.
Located in downtown East Prairie. Sleeps 10.
A vacation cabin with two bedrooms and 1.5 bathrooms on the Big Piney River. Includes full kitchen, living room, utility room. Kayaks and canoes are available at discount prices, customer hauls.
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really cute skirts at loosetooth! and check out the picture of the Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Sewing, that is the edition I have and I must agree, the patterns from the 70′s make it worth it. I've been meaning to scan those because some are so amusing.
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Fuel Cell Vehicles Set to Arrive – with Fueling Stations
Heading into the 2015 launch of commercial fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) from Toyota and Honda (Hyundai's is already out), California and Japan appear to be leading the race to build infrastructure. In the past 12 months, the governments in California and Japan have each made a firm commitment to support extensive refueling networks. Japan set a target of building 100 stations by March 2016. California has committed to providing up to $20 million annually in support of a 100-station network.
Those timelines are aggressive given that, up to now, hydrogen stations have taken 18 months or more to build. In California in particular, the timeline for building a hydrogen fueling site has been very lengthy, 24 months and even more. This is one reason that the state has lost its leading position as a first market for FCVs. A year ago, it looked like Europe was going to step up, with the United Kingdom announcing its own H2Mobility program to follow on the one that Germany established to develop and execute a hydrogen roadmap. However, both of these programs are moving rather slowly. By contrast, California secured a funding commitment from the state of up to $20 million per year in September 2013. Now, the state is moving forward at a much faster pace. In May, the California Energy Commission (CEC) announced awards for 28 stations, to be built by November 2015, for a total of around $46 million.
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Of course, being first also means being a guinea pig for this market, which still faces a good deal of uncertainty in terms of potential demand. I'll be outlining FCVs sales prospects through 2023 in my upcoming report, 2014 Fuel Cell Annual Report. Participants in the buildout of California's first nine stations learned some lessons that are now being implemented. One of the most critical differences is that the CEC is using its funding to provide support for operations and maintenance in addition to station construction. This represents a tacit admission that the stations will be a cost center for owners and operators for the first years of the market. The CEC awarded $300,000 to four current stations to support ongoing operations.
Another striking difference with the new 28 stations is that only 3 of the 28 awards are going directly to industrial gas companies (IGCs). In place of IGCs, new entities have sprung up specifically to build and manage retail hydrogen fueling; these entities were given 23 awards. Startup FirstElement Fuel received awards to build 19 stations. The company was launched with funding support from Toyota and IGC Air Products but is open to working with any IGC that wants to use a third party to operate a retail station. The company plans to become an operator of hydrogen fueling networks, similar to electric vehicle (EV) charging network operators. FirstElement secures a retail gas station where there is real estate available to add a hydrogen pump and takes responsibility for the station once it's up and running. This removes risk from both the gas station owner and from the IGC providing the hydrogen.
Quite a bit of risk remains for the CEC in placing much of the responsibility for stations needed in 2015 on one company. But the good news for the FCV market is that some early lessons learned are paying off in terms of new ways to tackle the problem of providing fuel to potential FCV drivers.
Tags: Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Clean Transportation, Fuel cell vehicles, Grid-Tied Energy Storage, Smart Transportation Program
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Question: What series features a boy finding a device that allows him to change into random superpowered forms, and deciding to use it to become a superhero?If you answered Ben 10, well, you'd be right. But decades before that show premiered, the concept was used in a DC Comics series titled Dial H For Hero.The series began as a feature in DC's House of Mystery anthology comic, in 1966. In it, a teenager named Robby Reed finds a disk with a dial like that of a phone on it (back when phones used rotary disks). It had alien letters on it that Robby managed to translate. By dialing words on it, Robby found that he would transform into a superhero. The catch: he became a different hero each time�usually completely original ones, though he once turned into Plastic Man. Robby used the dial to battle crime around his small Colorado hometown. The series did not last long. It appeared in House of Mystery #156-173 (January, 1966-March, 1968). Robby had a guest appearance in Plastic Man vol. 2 #13 (June-July, 1976) but was otherwise forgotten.The concept was however revived in the 1980s in Adventure Comics, another DC anthology series. The premise was now being used to showcase superhero characters that comics fans were sending to DC comics! Written by Marv Wolfman (who was at the same time having great success with another teenage superhero series, Teen Titans) the new version had two teenagers, a boy and a girl (in order to use hero characters of both genders, obviously) named Chris King and Vicky Grant, from a town in New England, who find similar devices in a "haunted house" (Chris's was a wristwatch, Vicky's was a locket) with only four letters in them (H-E-R-O) which allowed them to change into random heroes but only for a limited time period. Supposedly, a "wizard" left them there for them to find. Meanwhile, a mysterious figure known only as "The Master" kept sending super villains (also invented by fans) to try to get the Dials.Eventually, Chris and Vicky find that (at least some) of the heroes they transform into were being invented by a classmate as a hobby! (this may have been a nod to the series' Audience Participation.) Further, they discover that the Master and the Wizard are actually two halves of the same person... ROBBY REED! Turns out that one of Robby's transformations caused him to split into good and evil halves, and the evil one had caused the Hero Dial to vanish. The Wizard created the new dials for Chris and Vicky so they could keep The Master busy while he looked for the original. Having found it, The Wizard used it to merge with The Master back into Robby. The series ended with Robby deciding to retire and giving his Dial to the kid whose ideas were being used in the transformations.During the Dark Age of comics, the "Dial H" characters suffered a lot. Chris and Vicky lost control of their powers and Vicky joined a cult that abused her (which storyline was written by Wolfman himself over in Teen Titans). Vicky's dial later showed up in the 1990s series Superboy and the Ravers, where it was claimed by the gay Latino character Hero Cruz. At around the same time (in real world terms; a thousand years in the future in-story) a Hero-Dial of unknown origin was given to Lori Morning, the Threeboot Legion of Super-Heroes' Tagalong Kid, by the Time Trapper.The original dial was lost to them and passed through many hands, usually ruining the lives of those who used it, in a 00's series titled "H-E-R-O". Eventually Robby himself showed up, having been granted permanent low level powers from long term exposure to the dial, and in the end the Dial was lost in time and space.Robbie and the Dial both turned up in a 2009 issue of The Brave and the Bold comic book, though that story seems set in the past, as Robbie is still an innocent teenager in it.In May 2012 a new version of Dial H For Hero, titled simply Dial H, and written by China Mi�ville, was introduced as one of the second wave of New 52 titles, rebooting the canon. It introduced a new dial, this one identical to an actual rotary phone dial, and two new wielders. The first was Nelson Jent, who had lost his job, let himself go to seed, and was on the path to self-destruction, and the second was Roxie "Manteau" Hodder, an occultly trained electrical engineer who acted as his mentor. It was cancelled the following year, after sixteen issues. A postscript issue, titled Dial E, followed as part of DC's "Villains Month" event.This comic series was also the inspiration behind Dial B For Blog, a comic "blogazine" in which Robby (usually Jokerized) is the Author Avatar of Kirk Kimball.
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A patriotic song is an emotion and you must not embarrass an audience with it, or they will hate your guts.Irving Berlin
Of what happened later in the evening nothing definite can here be stated. None of the guests later on had any clear remembrance of it. They only knew that the rooms had been filled with a heavenly light, as if a number of small halos had blended into one glorious radiance. Taciturn old people received the gift of tongues; ears that for years had been almost deaf were opened to it. Time itself had merged into eternity. Long after midnight the windows of the house shone like gold, and golden song flowed out into the winter air.Karen von Blixen-Finecke
Music is like a drug; when you hear it, you have a vision. And that vision can change over time or remain the same. You know, that first time youre in love and you hear a love song and every time you think about it you have that vision of your special someone. And then two years later, after you broke up, youre at the bar. And you hear that song and you go, "Son of a bitch... Ill have a Jaeger."Lewis Niles Black
I think an interpreter has to sing everything, to sing what wants to sing. It cannot be with that foolishness, that here in Brazil we face this thing that when one records a song, later no one can rerecord it. This is madness, absurd. Music doesn't have an owner, the music doesnt belong to anyone.Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira
The first single is the hardest to pick because basically you're trying to express the whole album through one song.Guy Rupert Berryman
My song is ya girlfriends wakin up ringer.Drake
I rode an elevator with a guy who was whistling the tune of 'this is the song that never ends'. Putting that on me? Come on dude...Taylor Swift
So to you, or anyone else who has spent four minutes on me in some way-- listening to just one song, or watching one of my videos.Thank you. I love you like I love sparkles and having the last word. And that's real love.Taylor Swift
Hey, Stephen, I could give you 50 reason why i would be the one to choose. will all those other girls well their beautiful but would they write a song for you...Taylor Swift
I listen to her heartbeat because it plays my favorite song.Lil Wayne
Factoring in millions of people when I'm writing a song is not a good idea. I don't ever do it.Taylor Swift
My dad is adorably optimistic, positive, pie-in-the-sky. He thinks every new song I write is my best. He sells T-shirts at my merchandise stands and hands out guitar picks to fans.Taylor Swift
(Talks about Miley Cyrus) 'I always thought I'd be really fun to sing a song with Miley.Taylor Swift
I watched their reactions and emotions, especially to understand what was what I was doing wrong. But then I realized that if I could see these people and take note of everything I saw, I could write a good song.Taylor Swift
Lady gagas "hair" is my theme song.Taylor Swift
Im a new song and youre just a remix.Lil Wayne
If I turn into another, Dig me up from under what is covering the better part of me. Sing this song. Remind me that we'll always have each other When everything else is gone.Brandon Boyd
It's justice that He's bringing. It's hidden inside a song. No one's stuck in the middle... the battle is already won.MaryAnne Ysabella
James it's about your sister I wonder if you missed her I'm on my way to see you but I don't know what to bring Almost gave up the ghost, now you have what she wants most a little piece of heaven and a lovely song to sing.MaryAnne Ysabella
How long, how long must we sing this song?Paul David Hewson
Flow gently, sweet Afton! amang thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise. My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.Robert Burns
I shall not sing a May song. A May song should be gay. I'll wait until November And sing a song of gray.Gwendolyn Brooks
No matter where in the world we go, from the countries it was released as a single to the countries that it wasn't, it doesn't seem to matter, people just know that opening, no doubt about it, 'Friends in Low Places' is the most recognised Garth Brooks song.Troyal Garth Brooks
Every time I sing this song, it teaches me the same lesson... happiness isn't getting what you want, it is wanting what you've got.Troyal Garth Brooks