“The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be.”– John Ashbery Related Quotes “I always think of the live show first, where the song is gonna go in the show. That’s why they aren’t sad songs. When I play, I want to make people happy, not sad. It’s such a pleasure for me to do what I do, and I want other people to feel some form of that pleasure, too.”– Jason Mraz “Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.”– Arthur Wellesley “One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.”– Jackie Kennedy