Indessen, weil du weißt, daß du Haushalter seist, so sei bemüht und unvergessen, den Mammon klüglich anzuwenden, den Armen wohlzutun, ...

Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata BWV 168 "Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort"

[A]ll the top critics find great meaning in the telephone book.

Ani DiFranco, Pixie (1998)

Herz, zerreiß des Mammons Kette, Hände, streuet Gutes aus!

Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata BWV 168 "Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort"

People used to make records as in a record of an event, the event of people playing music in a room. Now everything is cross-marketing, it's about sunglasses and shoes or guns or drugs - you choose.

Ani DiFranco, Fuel (1998)

I picked up a magazin which is every magazine, read a story, and then forgot it right away.

Ani DiFranco, Little Plastic Castles (1998)

Kapital und Interessen, meine Schulden groß und klein, müssen einst verrechnet sein.

Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata BWV 168 "Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort"

Wenn ich in mein Gewissen gehe und meine Rechnungen so voll Defekte sehe! Ich habe Tag und Nacht die Güter, die mir Gott verliehen, kaltsinnig durchgebracht!

Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata BWV 168 "Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort"

I stopped by the bar at 3 a.m. / To seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend / I woke up with a headache like my head against a board / Twice as cloudy as I'd been the night before / I went in seeking clarity.

Indigo Girls, Closer to Fine (1989)

Nothing's sadder than the man who thinks he's free when he is chained to the prison of his hatred and a dream gone up in flames.

Janis Ian, Black & White (1997)

The system gives you just enough to make you think that you see change. They will sing you right to sleep, then they'll screw you just the same.

Ani DiFranco, Waiting Song (1992)

These things we do to keep the flame burnin and write our fires in the sky. Another day to see the wheel turnin, another avenue to try.

Bonnie Raitt/Paul Brady, Luck of the Draw (1991)

Somewhere out there are millions just like me homesick for Eden heartsick at the memory.

Janis Ian, Searching For America (1997)

I am looking for someone who can take as much as I give, give back as much as I need.

Indigo Girls, Blood And Fire (1989)