Quotes about Emotional Resonance

One thing that scares me a little bit is that I want people to like my music, but I think a lot of what I like about my own music are these references to things that people don't share nostalgia with me on.

I love playing acoustic guitar because I strum with my hands to feel more connected.

At some point I was hanging around with the Butchies - a band I ended up playing with a lot - and it just brought out this thing in me... and it felt very different from the Indigo Girls.

I try to create characters people want to sit with, even if nothing is happening.

The characters don't all have to be likable, and they don't all have to be hateable. As long as it's interesting and you connect to them and they resonate with you and you want to find out what happens and it feels authentic, then we have something.

I have a hard time with abstractions. I always go to the personal.

Dark books do appeal to kids because they have nice, sheltered lives - and they also appeal to children who are going through pretty hard times themselves.

White Hart Lane was always a place where I felt I belonged.

He's a great kid. He hates the same way I do.

A person carries off the hat. Hats are about emotion. It is all about how it makes you feel.

I want films to haunt an audience, to give them something to remember and be able to talk about.

When I make music, I always try to do more than make a song that makes people dance and have fun. I try to send a message or give a reason for people to discuss it further.

I think music - it sounds cliche, but music can be very healing.

Sometimes you don't know the effect of words until you hear it used on you.

People like hearing songs that sound like something they've heard before, that's reminiscent of their childhood and of what their parents listened to.

When I hear heartbreak songs, I always feel like, 'O.K. that's exactly how I feel... I'm not the only person who fell in love like a stupid person.'

It's a lot harder to reach people's hearts than it is to reach people's brains.

For me, Heaven is evoking emotions through sound.

My favorite Adele song is 'Hello.'

I set out to make music people enjoy, but it is really cool that it is helping people get through.

It always helps me connect with characters, to think about what music they respond to.

Write your own songs. It helps you to mean what you're singing, which will then make it mean something to listeners.

We love high-end art, but when you're looking at high-end art in music, a lot of the time, it's appreciated academically, but you can't feel it as much.

I think music is the highest form of healing.