Quotes About Expression

Many people lock a part of themselves away. It's a bit sacred.

As an artist, my only relationship to my audience is through my work. That relationship is sacred to me.

For me, acting is sacred.

I can't even begin to express the joy I get from writing songs, both on my own and with others, I hold it all sacred.

My passion for painting is so sacred and personal to me.

I always think that art is a form of sacrifice.

Latinos are learning English. That doesn't mean that they should sacrifice their original language or that they should give up this in-betweeness that is Spanglish.

People are so codified - it's sad.

You want people to feel something when you tell a story, whether they feel happy or whether they feel sad.

It can be really powerful to write something when you're sad.

I play sad bastard music. For the money.

My mother used to ask, 'Why do you always write such sad songs?' I don't know if I was different from a lot of adolescents in that respect.

Even when I'm in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do.

I write a lot of sad songs!

If I make a song where I'm happy, I sound completely mad - I think my voice is better-suited for sadder songs.

The saddest songs are written when a person is happy.

Sadly, I never really tell people what I think. So it's a real treat to play a woman who's able to speak her mind unabashedly.

Sadness was something I was thinking about in my life outside of writing, so it wormed itself into whatever I wrote.

One day, I was taken into a room with 25 animators, all working on Sadness. They asked me a lot of questions, and they got something of the way I move into the character.

All the best songs have an element of sadness.

I like to create an atmosphere where actors feel safe enough to take risks.

I have always safely relied on my voice modulations. It has never let me down.

I'm not a minimalist, not at all. I feel much better, safer even, having a large piece.

Music just makes sense to me. I don't ever worry when I'm singing. It's the safest place. I am a bit of worrier.