Quotes About Emotion

Music has to be written while people are still excited about a particular melodic or rhythmic sequence. The idea doesn't come out the same if we're not really excited about it.

Revenge is a particularly interesting concept, especially the notion of whether or not it exists outside of just an abstract idea.

I do not sing nor play, but I adore music, particularly Chopin. I like him because I cannot understand him.

For artists to feel a real emotion to your partner is very important.

I have a song on my album called 'Distance' which I wrote in the pandemic all about not being to see my partner and having a sense of physical - and social - distance.

Authenticity doesn't just mean you're not filtering what you're saying, it's about being able to know and access the best parts of yourself and bring them forward.

What bothered me was playing one-dimensional parts in films which were really about, 'Boy Meets Girl,' 'Will Boy Get Girl?'

I know every note in every song, the whole history of it, even parts that were there and are gone.

I like to play different ranges. When you get really deeply involved in the emotional parts, I enjoy that just as much as the fun and laughter.

If you take something out of the freezer, it's cold, but what happens when it melts? It's a cool party, a cool person, a cool collection. What does that mean? I'm more interested in things that are uncool, things that have a certain individuality, a certain soul, a certain longevity, emotion, fragility.

Sigur Ros make beautiful music. Bloc Party are fantastic and exciting and innovative.

I want to make people feel certain ways when they listen to my music. Whether it's partying or going through relationship problems or grinding or getting dressed and feeling fly. I want to be who I am and have emotion in my music that affects people.

I think that if you want to pass emotion, you have to write a letter. Emotions do not pass in SMS or in e-mail.

I'm not someone who plays hard to get. This whole thing about 'Oh, let's exchange numbers' and then people wait four or five days before they call you? I don't see the point. If you feel something, why would you let that pass? You only live once.

My father passed away in 2002, but yes, we were pretty close. I loved him a lot.

When dad told me Mr Steptoe had passed away, I broke down.

Years have passed since I have set foot in a comedy club. If the comic is doing badly it's painful, and if the comic is doing brilliantly, it's extremely painful.

I used to watch 'Last Comic Standing' with my mom before she passed. So when I got that red envelope, I was extremely emotional.

My mother passed in 2002. That was a blow like no other blow.

'Hell Or High Water' was written after the end of a relationship, and I do feel like every Passenger album has the obligatory break-up song.

You can be aware of the passing of time without being nostalgic.

My mother definitely plays a big role in my life and in my work. The majority of what I've created has to do with her passing and how I dealt with losing the most important person in my life.

Whatever time we're passing through, there will always be music.

Anxious systems also fail to get a clear view of things. Embedded in their dread, they lose a sense of proportion. They have little awareness of what is happening and how it is being mutually maintained. Emotionally cramps the broader view.