A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.
For me singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light out of the darkness.
It is sad not to love but it is much sadder not to be able to love.
Few women I fear have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.
Usually when people are sad they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry they bring about a change.
Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age when the sense of curiosity has withered.
I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool but if that's all you've got it's just boring. Everything I write whether it's happy or sad has a sense of humor to it.
I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad and to travel for it too!
What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?
The monarchy is foremost a business and it's important to them that the British public continue to finance the excessive luxurious lifestyles of the now quite enormous wasteful and useless 'royal' family. I find it very sad.
It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from "Dear Abby" instead of going to Mom and Dad.