“Are you listening, little bird?”
“How strange to read of a place in a book, and then stand on it, listen to the birds sing, and spit on the cobbles if you want.”
“Because when he sings...even the birds stop to listen.”
“See that little girl? I wanted to marry her mother, but she ran off with a coal miner," "A coal miner? Why did she want a coal miner if she could've had you?" "Because when he sings...even the birds stop to listen.”
“Look around you...Feel the wind, smell the air. Listen to the birds and watch the sky. Tell me what's happening in the wide world.”
“Listen--are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?”