Once upon a time, wasn’t singing a part of everyday life as much as talking, physical exercise, and religion? Our distant ancestors, wherever they were in this world, sang while pounding grain, paddling canoes, or walking long journeys. Can we begin to make our lives once more all of a piece? Finding the right songs and singing them over and over is a way to start. And when one person taps out a beat, while another leads into the melody, or when three people discover a harmony they never knew existed, or a crowd joins in on a chorus as though to raise the ceiling a few feet higher, then they also know there is hope for the world.
— Pete Seeger
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Source: wisdom quotes
I like Pete!
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🙂
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We sing in our house. When we’re really goofy, we sing in our opera voices. 🙂
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Opera is not my cup of tea… LOL
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Well, we only do mock opera. 🙂 And only very rarely.
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By all means, go for it… 🙂
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lots
of singing
in our home
too
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That’s good…
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Seeger’ s right…my grandparents’ generation sang while they worked, on road trips and any old time…and they weren’t self-conscious about having a beautiful voice….some couldn’t’ even carry a tune, but they sang anyway, and with enthusiasm! I wonder what the workplace would be like, with singing coming out of the cubicles….
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I couldn’t carry a tune, even if it was to save myself…
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Reblogged this on Sourcerer and commented:
– This is why I music is a real passion to me, rather than simply a pastime.
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A legend. One of a kind. Saw him many time with The Weavers at Carnegie Hall. He’ll be missed.
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Indeed he will be missed…
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