Spangled Quotes

When Ronald Reagan was elected I was on a bus traveling with a band in France. I wrote a little arrangement of The Star Spangled Banner in a minor key. - Carla Bley

We have played hymns and songs that people know like ?The Star-Spangled Banner? or ?Battle Hymn of the Republic.? Sometimes people like to sing along. - Brooks Yang

The Star Spangled Banner. - Franklin D. Roosevelt

The network television, they're always worried about how many times you're going curse on the air. They had another crisis this morning because they heard Aretha (Franklin) was going to strip when she was doing the Star Spangled Banner. But always it will all be worked out in the night. They needn't worry about it. Just calm down more and take life as it comes. - Mick Jagger

So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, / And yet anon repairs his drooping head, / And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore, / Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. - John Milton

Right after the star spangled banner is played, Jim does a little wave up in the audience. He's waving to me, knows exactly where I am and exactly where to find me. - Ellen Tressel

One of my earliest memories... I knew three full verses of the Star Spangled Banner when I was seven or eight years old. And one of the nuns discovered this phenomenon and I was actually sent around from classroom to classroom to do the whole thing. - Dave Van Ronk

Network television, they are always worried about how many times you are going to say f--- on the air. We had a bit of a crisis this morning when they heard Aretha Franklin was going to strip during 'The Star-Spangled Banner. - Mick Jagger