Quotes About Emotion

Songwriting is telling short stories. But instead of 15 to 20 pages, it's three to five minutes.

Yes, indeed, in fact I would tell you that we go out of our way to be true to the original feeling and sort of sonic and musical pallet that we painted with back then.

After 'Hook,' it was so sad for all of us to watch the set get destroyed. We were at the end of 'Hook,' and we're walking off the Sony lot and we're literally seeing the boat get destroyed. That was the sad thing, seeing that go.

'Gorgeous' was one of those records that, as soon as I heard the beat, I was like, 'Man, this is the one. This is that 'This Can't Be Life' Kanye beat.'

I ended up in Parliament and soon discovered that emotion really doesn't have any place in politics. It's a much more intricate and complicated game, and I just didn't know how to play it.

I went into politics on an emotional level and soon realised that emotion has nothing to do with politics.

As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum.

If I could have had my baby sooner, I would have, simply to spend more years with him.

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point.

Around me, there's always music playing. It just calms me down; it soothes me. It helps me write. It helps me with my mood.

Music soothes you, especially when you write, sing or play an instrument. It really can be a cure for everything.

My mother had a beautiful, soothing voice that made me melt.

Music is a very strong force when it comes to making a difference, as well as entertaining, soothing, and encouraging.

Hebrew is my first language, so it's really the most personal and the most simple. When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.

A soprano's voice is a little like a mother's cry, which is why it attracts all human beings.

Genius is sorrow's child.

Fans say I have a lot of sorrow in my eyes. It's true.

When you first hear Mozart's music, your first impression is that it's very alive, but if you peel away the layers, you can hear sorrow and sadness behind it, and that's what I try to be: multi-layered.

Sorrow lies like a heartbeat behind everything I have written.

A guy came up to me in the park and asked if I wanted to buy his CD. I said sure. He got panicked and told me he didn't actually have a CD, and he started crying and then told me he never made it and he's really sorry and called me 'Ralph.' New York's a really weird place.

I'm not full of malice, but I do dislike Neil Diamond a lot, and I'm sorry that I've done a Neil Diamond song.

Most of the songs I sing have that blues feeling in it. They have that sorry feeling. And I don't know what I'm sorry about. I don't.

I say sorry for everything.

It's very hard for me to say I'm sorry... but I do.