Quotes about Emotional Resonance

The interesting thing about movies, it's not always - y'know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ways, we walk away and certain things stay in our heads that are memorable.

Early on, I had to structure my ideas of success around things like, 'Can I go back and listen to the record months or years after I made it and still get some enjoyment out of it?' Or 'Have I said what I wanted to say on this album? Did it connect with people on a personal level, even if it's a small number of people?'

People see things in the opposite way that I do. There are places that spirit, soul and emotion reach.

For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression.

For me, there is no point in doing a duet unless it is organic or there is an emotional thru line.

I would love for people to enjoy our music and have feelings from it. That's all I can hope for.

My favorite song of ours has to be 'Feel Special.' It was a little different than our bright songs that talk about love and general happy things, but we thought the song had a special message.

Any musical output is emotional.

I see music as an aid. It overcomes my internal editor, especially when the music evokes the character or the mood I'm trying to build.

My work is about the world I live in. So, I sort of make a picture of my life or our lives. I'm always looking for something that is overlooked, so I need to constantly be aware of what's going on.

When I was overseas, I was listening to 'Shot for Me' from 'Take Care.'

High Water Everywhere" by Charlie Patton. If you have a hard time making out the lyrics, you're not alone—even Son House (who, along with Howlin' Wolf, was influenced by Patton)

Music is the structure of the invisible," she says.

Music is always a reflection of what's going on in the hearts and minds of the culture.

Musically, I always allow myself to jump off of cliffs. At least that's what it feels like to me. Whether that's what it actually sounds like might depend on what the listener brings to the songs.

I sink into a sweet melancholy and rhythmic waves of words stream through me again.

It's a beautiful thought, to meet a writer only in her books.

the body is what we lean toward, tensing as it darts, dancing away. but it's the voice that enters us. even saying nothing. even saying nothing over and over absently to itself

One of poetry's great effects, through its emphasis upon feeling, association, music and image — things we recognize and respond to even before we understand why — is to guide us toward the part of ourselves so deeply buried that it borders upon the collective. "Staying Human: Poetry in the Age of Technology

We wept to be reminded of such color.

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music the words make.

Poetry is a sort of homecoming.

On Captain Britain) Every British person thinks he's got the same accent as them. The air around him is warm like a summer meadow. He smells of honey. I've seen grown men weep at the sight of him.

it is the peculiar power of flowers that while they are universal and spread their species over the world, they invoke in each beholder the dearest and most cherished memories.