Quotes about Emotional Resonance

Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song.

I guess a good song is a good song is a good song, ya know.

To make an artwork good enough to enter people's hearts is like what ancient Chinese called 'making stone into gold.' It is alchemy.

Touring is my favorite part of being a musician. All the places I've traveled and lived affect me in many different ways. Good and bad.

What I do as an art form is try to make people feel good and if I do try to make them feel bad, it's for a reason. There's something I am trying to say.

That's how a good story works. It changes how you feel. It brings you to a greater appreciation, a greater joy, of your own existence.

I think that's a hallmark of a really good story that it has readers that it speaks to more than others.

I'm an old-timer in the business from the sense that when you do something that you feel good about there might be another person out there who feels the same way, or a hundred or a couple million.

If the words make sense on paper, and make me feel good, and I feel like it will connect, that's all I'm worried about it.

I'll find something in what I read that snags my imagination in emotional terms; it resonates with me for reasons more complicated than just that it seems like it would make a good story.

There's nothing more important than a good story.

Success alone brings expectations. I think that people expect a certain thing from Lloyd - that's music that makes them feel good about their day, even when they're havin' a bad one.

There's no such thing as a good book or a bad book. There's a book that matters to a reader.

I wanted to make people feel the same way I feel when I see a good movie.

It's maybe a good thing to try to make music that feels reassuring in some ways - something that's got a good feeling, a good vibe about it.

I've never believed that pop music is escapist trash. There's always a darkness in it, even amidst great pop music.

Great art changes you.

Art isn't only a painting. Art is anything that's creative, passionate, and personal. And great art resonates with the viewer, not only with the creator.

Songs hold different memories for different people and the great ones are the ones that become a part of you and your story.

One of the great things about drama is that it makes you feel like you're not a crackpot, and that there are other people who think and feel the way you do.

I'm glad you asked that question, because of any musical situation I've been in, the communication feels great here with Russell. He really pays close attention to what I'm doing because he cares.

The thing about great poetry is we have no defenses against it.

The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.

Long after you've forgotten someone's voice, you can still remember the sound of their happiness or their sadness. You can feel it in your body.