"Swans sing before they die: 'twere no bad thing
that certain persons die before they sing!"

"What do you think of a girl that CAN sing, and won't?"
"I think that I prefer her to a girl who can't sing and will!"

"Extraordinary how potent cheap music is!"

I didn't put these on the 'Quotes' thread because I couldn't be bothered to make sure who's they were. Coleridge, Chesterton and Coward, I think. Not sure though.