Quotes About Anthem

I like traditions, and the national anthem is important.

The traditions of a nation are very important and the anthem written by Francis Scott Key in the early days of our nation should always be revered.

We made sure that Ian Gwyn Hughes from the media department gave a speech about the anthem. We translated it into English, what the meaning of it is and it is very powerful.

When I heard the royal family wanted to have me perform in celebration of Prince William's marriage, I knew I had to give them a little something. 'Wet' is the perfect anthem for Prince William or any playa to get the club smokin'.

When you come out and know you're singing the national anthem, it gives you a buzz and gets you lifted for the game.

The British press isn't as vicious as it used to be, and these days it's sort of cool to care again. Everyone loves an everyman anthem.

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'Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On' was my anthem as a child. It was about me. I was Baby.

Oh! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

There is nothing left of you, I can see it in your eyes. Sing the anthem of the angels,and say the last goodbye...

The pomp, power, and military bombast of 'La Marseillaise' draws me into the history of France and my own. The surname I was born with was French: D'Orsay; perhaps an ancestor was amongst those troops that marched to this evocative anthem for the first time as they entered Paris 200 years ago!

I don't listen to the national anthem ironically. It's a beautiful song. I love it!

You take a bunch of people who don't seem any different from you and me, but when you add them all together you get this sort of huge raving maniac with national borders and an anthem.

Raising the flag and singing the anthem are, while somewhat suspicious, not in themselves acts of treason.

It is considered in the Sto Plains that only scoundrels know the second verse of their national anthem, since anyone spending time memorizing that would be up to no good purpose.

I don't think kneeling during the anthem is such a bad thing.

When I was a kid, man, I used to love standing for the national anthem and I still love standing for the National Anthem. I think of our troops, but most importantly, I think of the American population and everybody as a whole.

Are we that self-centered to believe no one in the world is aware of racism right now? That, as athletes, we solve the real issues by using our platforms to speak? We don't need to say more. We need to find a way to achieve more. Protesting during an anthem, wearing T-shirts is great, but we need to see real actions being put in to the works.

I think my patriotism is strong enough to not be offended when somebody takes a knee during the anthem. That's not something I take personally.

Do you believe in Madonna? Because Lady Gaga has got something to say about 'Express Yourself,' and she's turned Madonna's fourth-best single of 1989 into her own instant-classic club anthem, 'Born This Way.'

Oh! say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

'Spectrum' is in part a disco song. But we play it hard, and it's a real euphoric, wailing tune. It's kind of like a total house anthem, in a way, but it seems to be going down really well. We've got all the grunge kids going mad for disco house raves.

I'm not a really religious person, but those moments onstage feel like some sort of religious experience because no one holds back, especially 'Stay With Me' when I finish the show. It kind of turns into an anthem when I perform it live, and it feels like there's a lot of love in the room.

We've been doing work outside of the anthem since the beginning. Before the anthem even started, players were involved in these types of social justice issues. The anthem protests or demonstrations just brought eyes and attention to it.