In his Sequel to Numerous Things Revealed, the Song author Cheng Dachang (1123 1195) noted that stanzas prepared by Shen Kuo for military victory celebrations were later written down and published by Shen.
In the book Give It Away: The Stories Behind Every Song, author Rob Fitzpatrick writes "As far as sheer power goes, The Uplift Mofo Party Plan is the Chili Peppers at their most virile, most chest-beating, most unabashedly macho".
Writing in Still the Greatest: The Essential Solo Beatles Songs, author Andrew Grant Jackson considers that with "Give Me Love", Harrison "captured the essence of what he had set out to do with the [Bangladesh] concerts – and what the Beatles had tried to do in their more idealistic moments".
Mr. Balsam also declined to reveal how much he paid the songs' authors in royalties, but he said, "They're always happy to hear from us".
Among courtier poets of this time, the most famous were Maharajaguru; Si Prat, a wild young gallant who wrote the romantic poem Aniruddha (the name of the hero of the poem) and some passionate love songs; Khun Devakavi, author of cradle-songs using many Sanskrit and Khmer words but modeled on the Burmese ayegyin; and Si Mahosot, the author of an ode-epic in praise of King Narai.
"This book is my song," the author declares toward its close, the culmination of a tormented, 40-year struggle to come home and to find forgiveness.
Ms. Cook told Ms. Simmons, "You guys are going to put me out of the master class business," before offering a gentle criticism she could attribute to the song's author, Richard Rodgers, from firsthand experience.
Include a romantic quote from a favorite movie, song or author to add to the ambience.
"My friend Lou Reed came to the end of his song," said author Salman Rushdie.
Originally written for a film set in the 1920s for Ella Fitzgerald to sing, it was tossed out because, according to the song's author, Arthur Hamilton, "no one will believe a Negro knows the word 'plebian.'" I kid you not.
Peter LaBarbera of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality denounced Coca-Cola for including same-sex parents in its "America the Beautiful" Super Bowl ad; he missed the fact that the song's author, Katherine Lee Bates, was lesbian.
