[neilgee]

I'm not a fruit machine, a 1960's dream (The Jags - Back of my Hand).

[albummaster]

Good to see these coming again... maybe at some point we can round them up and vote some new ones in (thanks to II as well for culling some).
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[Johnnyo]

I’m flying high and not ready to touch the ground

Glide by dream syndicate

[Romanelli]

[MadhattanJack]

Any chance we could go to two lines?

[albummaster]

[albummaster]

[albummaster]

We've not voted any new song quotes onto the site for about two years, so another round of voting is a bit overdue. Any quotes that have been submitted since the last competition (post #2400 onward) will be automatically up for vote in this competition, so no need to re-submit, and anyone else is encouraged to submit their own favourites.

This is now the 19th competition since the site started & I'll paste below the 'rules' we've been using before:

Background:
At the top of every page on BEA, there is a line from a song which are nice to read, but after a while you've read them all. Post here your favourite quotes from songs, and we'll vote the best ones onto the site.

Rules:

• Lyrics should be no longer than ~80 characters (one or two lines of a song) to fit in the site masthead. They should be credited to the original artist (no cover versions), must not contain profanity, and should be recognisable to the majority of visitors. This is what 80 characters looks like:
  
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• The preferred format for your song quotes is on a single line as follows (the name of the song helps to verify the quote). It takes a while to assemble all of your quotes for voting, so it would be very helpful if your submissions could be in this format:
  
  Quote - Artist (Song)
  
  e.g.
  Thinking is the best way to travel - The Moody Blues (The Best Way To Travel)
  And in the end, the love you take, Is equal to the love you make - The Beatles (The End)
  
  
• There is a maximum of 50 quotes per person (otherwise voting becomes unmanageable). If more than 50 quotes are submitted, only your first 50 will be put to vote (sorry).
  
  
• There's a list of existing quotes (already on the site) here which has just been updated.
  
  
• After a week or so, we'll draw up a short-list and vote the best quotes onto the site.

N.B. All quotes submitted since the end of the last competition will automatically be included in the voting this time around (everything up until the post immediately preceding this one), so no need to re-submit them as it will lead to duplicates and create extra work filtering them out. Please do not modify existing posts prior to this date as submissions have already been collected. If you have any more quotes to add, please create a new post.
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[Rhyner]

You're fluent in a language that dies every time you speak – Sound Team (No More Birthdays)
Oh, must you tell me all your secrets when it's hard enough to love you knowing nothing – Lloyd Cole and The Commotions (Four Flights Up)
Never get so attached to a poem you forget truth that lacks lyricism – Joanna Newsom ("En Gallop")
Leading our maggot lives, dreaming of becoming flies – Pram (Cinnabar)