John Denver > Quotes

“Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere are the same in heart and spirit. No matter what language we speak, what color we are, the form of our politics or the expression of our love and our faith, music proves: We are the same.”
― John Denver

“Peace is a conscious choice.”
― John Denver

“Perhaps love is like a resting place, a shelter from the storm. It exists to give you comfort, it is there to keep you warm, and in those times of trouble when you are most alone, the memory of love will bring you home.”
― John Denver, Take Me Home: An Autobiography

“all bags are pack ready to go
i am standing here outside your door
i hate to wake you up to say goodbye
dawn is braking its early morn
the taxi waiting he blowing his horn
already i am so lonesome i could die
so kiss me and smile for me tell me that you'll wait for me and hold me like you never let me go
cause leaving on a jet plane don't know when ill be back again oh babe i hate to go
there so many let you down so many time i played around i tell you know that don't mean a thing every plase i go i'll think of you every song i sing i'll sing for you.”
― john denver

“Thank you for this precious day,
These gifts you give to me,
My heart so full of love for you,
Sings praise for all I see,

Oh, sing, for every mother's love,
For every childhood tear,
Oh, sing, for all the stars above,
The peace beyond all fear”
― John Denver

“On the road of experience, join in the living day; if there's an answer, it's just that it is that way.”
― John Denver, John Denver Songbook: Guitar Songbook Edition

“Today
While the blossoms still cling to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries
I'll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
Here I forget all the joy that is mine.
Today
I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover
You know who I am by the songs that I sing
I'll feast at your table
I'll sleep in your clover
Who cares what tomorrow shall bring
I can't be contented with yesterday's glory
I can't live on promises winter to spring
Today is my moment and now is my story
I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing
”
― John Denver, Poems, Prayers and Promises: The Art and Soul of John Denver

“There's a man who is my brother,
I just don't know his name,
But I know his home and family,
Because I know we feel the same,
And it hurts me when he's hungry,
Or when his children cry,
I too am a father,
That little one is mine

It's about time we begin it,
To turn the world around,
It's about time we start to make it,
The dream we've always known,
It's about time we start to live it,
The family of man,
It's about time,
It's about changes,
And it's about time,

It's about you and me together,
And it's about time”
― John Denver

“And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay"
"Well, I'm sorry, my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away.”
― John Prine as sung by John Denver

“You Fill Up My Senses”
― John Denver

“So welcome the wind and the wisdom she offers, follow her summons when she calls again.
In your heart and your spirit, let the breezes surround you.
Lift up your voice then and sing with the wind.”
― John Denver

“so many things I long for have so often been denied”
― John Denver

“Fear does the choosing between right and wrong.”
― John Denver

“I've always liked to think that we put ourselves in the circumstances in life that will support us moving through to wherever it is our spirit is going.”
― John Denver, Take Me Home: An Autobiography

“The gift is you.”
― John Denver

“I believe we are here for each other, not against each other”
― John Denver

“Far Out!”
― John Denver, Take Me Home: An Autobiography

“Rejoicing in the differences, there’s no one just like me,
Yet as different as we are, we're still the same.
And oh, I love the life within me, I feel a part of everything I see,
And oh, I love the life within me, a part of everything is here in me.”
― John Denver, Mike Taylor & Dick Kniss ('Summer')

“My faith will proclaim it is so - we are never alone.”
― John Denver

“Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy...”
― John Denver, [(Sunshine on My Shoulders )] [Author: John Denver] [Mar-2006]

“Today is the first day of the rest of my life....”
― John Denver

“Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads”
― John Denver

“All of her days have gone soft and cloudy
All of her dreams have gone dry
All of her nights have gone sad and shady
She's getting ready to fly
Fly away fly away fly away
Life in the city can make you crazy
For sounds of the sand and the sea
Life in a high-rise can make you hungry
For things that you can't even see
Fly away, fly away, fly away
In this whole world there's nobody as lonely as she
There's nowhere to go and there's nowhere
That she'd rather be.
She's looking for lovers and children playing
She's looking for signs of the spring
She listens for laughter and sounds of dancing
She listens for any old things
Fly away, fly away, fly away”
― John Denver