Quotes About Expression

To be a human is to state the obvious. Repeatedly, over and over, until the end of time.

Don't ever be afraid of telling someone you love them. There are things wrong with your world, but an excess of love is not one

Words are seeds. Language is a way back to life. And it is sometimes the most vital comfort we have.

It's not the technique, it's the method. It's not the words, it's the melody.

Writing, then, is a kind of seeing. A way to see your insecurities more clearly. A way to shine a light on doubts and dreams and realise what they are actually about. It can dissolve a whole puddle of worries in the bright light of truth.

And I felt an urge to tell someone how good it felt, in human form, to laugh. The release of it. And I wanted to tell someone about it

Denn auch Wörter sind magisch. Sie können die ganze Welt enthalten.

Laughter flapped out of people like bats from a cave.

In order to find the people who like you, it is first necessary to be you.

But writing down darkness didn't make me feel dark. I already felt dark. Writing things down brought that inner darkness into external light.

So she stopped trying to think about what to write and, in sheer exasperation, just put down the first thing that came to her, the thing that she felt inside her like a defiant silent roar that could overpower any external destruction. The one truth she had, a truth

Hope is a beautiful thing to find in art or stories or music.

When there's writing that you really trust, it's very freeing as an artist.

Coldplay's ultimately show-stopping opus "Fix You" might never have seen the light of day had Chris given up and caved in when Guy politely asked of him one morning: "So, 'tears stream down your face, and AAAAH.' What's that all about, then?

The listener will be able to hear your emotions in your voice, so

5. Use Body Language Emotions can be translated through body language. Be aware of how you are standing when you're telling the story. How's your posture? Are you standing straight up and confident or serious? Are you slumped over and looking depressed?

Visualization often helps with this. So, close your eyes for a moment and imagine being in the setting you want to share your story, and

We've all heard stories that have been pointless but still kept us engaged and excited because of the person's body language and voice qualities. Afterward

dude — A passive-aggressive euphemism for "motherfucker." —The New Devil's Dictionary

I think, that if the world were a bit more like ComicCon, it would be a better place.

I have a lot of problems with fifteen-minute jazz-funk jams as well. I don't care about instrumental prowess. I don't care about quick-thinking improvisational skill. At all. I'm a songwriter and I'm familiar with Cage and I couldn't really care about what notes people can think of quickly. It doesn't interest me and I'm astounded that it interests other people still. Improvisation is what you do in the process of making something better.

So I was sitting behind the console looking at all these bands and thinking, "Most of the lyrics these guys are singing are pretty dreadful. I know I can do better than that." But I didn't want to be the guy singing, so I came up with this idea: maybe what I'll do is find a band and write the material, and they'll produce the material and I'll promote the band out there doing my songs.

I wrote a book under a pen name, Bic.

Sometimes she feels like a third gender- preferring primary colors to pastels, the radio to singing. At least she's all mermaid: never gets tired of swimming, hates the thought of socks. -from "The Straight Forward Mermaid