Quotes about Emotional Resonance

Certains visages vous subjuguent, on s'en détourne avec le sentiment de renoncer même à respirer. Demain, j'aurai oublié tout ça, se dit-il. Le matin, tout est différent, les choses deviennent réelles.

What the joys of music were to others, words on a page were to him.

My own life suddenly seems nothing, an old costume, a collection of rags, and I walk, I breathe to the rhythm of his which is stronger than mine.

It goes without saying that a fine short poem can have the resonance and depth of an entire novel.

La palabra golpea el aire y el espíritu, y obra sobre los sentidos y sobre el alma.

Without music, life would be a blank to me.

I could not be happy with a man whose taste did not in every point coincide with my own. He must enter in all my feelings; the same books, the same music must charm us both.

I could not be happy with a man whose taste did not in every point coincide with my own. He must enter into all my feelings; the same books, the same music must charm us both. Oh! mama, how spiritless, how tame was Edward's!

her feelings could seldom withstand the melancholy influence of the word last.

No podría ser feliz con un hombre cuyo gusto no coincidiera en todo momento con el mío. Tendría que participar en todos mis sentimientos. Los mismos libros, la misma música habría de hechizarnos a los dos.

What makes a good book? Scholars and critics have been debating that question for decades. I like books that touch my head and my heart at the same time.

One has to sing from the heart to let it touch the right chords. Unless you enjoy the song, your listener will not either.

Music is so unpredictable, but it's universal.

For me personally, I feel that a film that doesn't end with a happy ending has a far bigger reach. It lingers on far more. Unrequited love stories have much more impact on the audiences. If 'Romeo and Juliet' had been happily married and had kids and dogs, I don't think it would have been a classic.

From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid by my characters.

I got different moods. Like, if I'm in a good mood, I listen to 'Up' by Thug. If I'm not in a good mood, I'll listen to 'King TROUP' - that's a real emotional one.

The energy you give off is the energy you receive. I really think that, so I'm always myself - jumping, dancing, singing around, trying to cheer everybody up.

My most successful song was 'Language' and I think partly because it's a nice, dancey record, but I'll see people cry in the audience to that song, and that's so much more interesting to me than making someone just jump up and down.

Music is life. Music defines peoples' experience on this planet. Name one time in your life that wasn't punctuated by the music you listened to at the time. When people are down, they listen to music that commiserates that emotion. When people are amped up, they listen to more upbeat, loud songs.

There's nothing like music to relieve the soul and uplift it.

We're all affected by music. It has the power to inspire, uplift us, change our moods, and even alter consciousness.

If you're doing a musical, you should be out to give the audience something special, emotional, an uplifting feeling, something that stays with them. And you're not going to do that by bumming them out.

'My Swan Song' - that song is so depressing but uplifting at the same time, you know what I mean?

One tries to be uplifting in one's songs, but occasionally a cloud appears in the sky and one's demeanor leads to songs like 'I'm Toast.' Even the guitars sound depressed.