Quotes About Emotion

Shame doesn't exist as an emotion without the projected or perceived sense of judgment coming from somewhere else.

My brother's death picked up my life and put it down somewhere else. I had an image of myself in my mind as a working artist, and when he died, all of that changed.

Sometimes a scene may be about one thing, and it may end up still being about that, but the emotionality of it comes from somewhere else, or the humor of it comes from somewhere else, and it gives it that real-life quality.

When I look in my father's eyes, man, I know that I made him proud. As a son, with a father that loves him and believes in him so much, that's the world. It really is.

My son, Max, was born the day Princess Di died.

As for my own music, I've never written a book about it. I'm not pedagogical... When I write an abstract piano sonata or a concerto, I write what I feel. I'm not a self-conscious composer.

Every song is like a painting.

A good song should give you a lot of images; you should be able to make your own little movie in your head to a good song.

Making music is like shopping for me. Every song is like a new pair of shoes.

My favourite piece of music is actually 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' as a whole. For me, it's the most perfect and brilliant example of rock song writing.

Of course, 'I Will Always Love You' is the biggest song so far in my career. I'm famous for several, but that one has been recorded by more people and made me more money, I think, than all of them. But that song did come from a true and deep place in my heart.

I have one favourite song, and that's 'Aayat' from 'Bajirao Mastani.'

'If You Could Read My Mind' is a different experience every time I sing it. It's just that kind of a song.

I think my all time favourite song would be between 'Slow Dancing in a Burning Room' and 'Dreaming with a Broken Heart' by John Mayer.

What makes film music different is that we are always given a situation and we make the song accordingly.

What song have you played 10,000 times? It's probably not something basic. It's probably a song that validates your experience on Earth.

I just like a good, sad song. The sadder, the better. It moves me.

A close-up on screen can say all a song can.

To me, country music has always been the home for a great song.

A song is a burden that you carry happily.

When people ask me for playlists, I always put in 'Moonlight Sonata' because it is my favorite song. I play it all the time.

I'm not someone who can dance to a song I don't like.

I don't even want a song to ramp up the drama, you know? I want music to be there only when it really enhances the feeling.

I don't much like 'Wonderwall,' but the effect that song has on people, I can't deny it.