4+ Stephen Foster Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Stephen Foster quotes and sayings.

Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay, Gone are my friends from the cotton fields away, Gone from the earth to a better land I know, I hear their gentle voices calling Old Black Joe. — Stephen Foster

Dear Sir: I will wish to establish my name as the best Ethiopian songwriter. But I am not encouraged in undertaking this as long as 'The Old Folks At Home' stares me in the face with another's name on it. — Stephen Foster

Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me, starlight and dewdrop are waiting for thee. — Stephen Foster

I sought to reform minstrelsy among refined people by making words suitable to their taste, instead of the trashy and really offensive words which belong to some songs of that order. ... Some of my songs should be performed in a pathetic, not a comic style. — Stephen Foster