Quotes About Emotion

I never have used any other artist as a model for a sound or a song. It always has to come from an emotion, and capturing the essence of that emotion in a song.

David Phelps has an uncanny ability to sound full and powerful on every part of his range and sing with so much emotion.

You get a heck of a sound from the church. Can't you hear it in my voice?

I saw The Sound of Music when I was 10 and thought that it was the most beautiful singing I had ever heard.

I'll never forget getting my first Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chain records, and hearing that wonderful, beautiful darkness. And the rhythmic intensity, that's what attracted me more than anything else.

I have this dog named Marley, and it is a kind of love I had never known. I have a hard time believing Marley did not come from my body. I know that sounds insane, but I feel that connected to her. She made me realize I wanted to adopt children.

Pardon me if this all sounds corny, but when you put on a record, I'd like it to be an escape from everything you do.

It's very fun to be the hunter of the sounds. The hunter of the right energy. And it's not really about if every sound is correct; it's more the energy - if it hits you in some way, it doesn't really matter to me if it's not perfect. I'm still very excited while hunting for songs.

If I play anything that sounds like a solo, it's gonna sound like a lyric.

Hip hop minus plugged sounds can be a very different experience.

Musically, I always allow myself to jump off of cliffs. At least that's what it feels like to me. Whether that's what it actually sounds like might depend on what the listener brings to the songs.

You know how bad my voice sounds - well it feels just as bad.

I've always felt music is the only way to give an instantaneous moment the feel of slow motion. To romanticise it and glorify it and give it a soundtrack and a rhythm.

I don't know - music in film, for me, is not another part of a soundtrack; it is something that also helps to approach a character, to foresee the type of image - you see what I mean - it's like a part of the process.

Music is as integral to me as my own DNA. My life has become a continual soundtrack, with music underscoring the most powerful and even the most banal moments of my life.

I feel like soundtrack music is almost like seeing the movie again, but with my ears.

My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.

In every language you can imagine, I've had people say 'Appetite For Destruction' is the soundtrack to their lives. I don't think you could say something nicer to an entertainer or performer - can't get more respectful.

What's love without a soundtrack, you know?

When someone is on the phone telling me a story, I'm hearing the soundtrack that goes with it.

You can use existing music in a film, but creating a soundtrack is very different. One note can be enough.

I think it's a big deal to have a great soundtrack for a movie.

'Purple Rain' is probably the best soundtrack.

I will never, ever forget the electricity I felt the first time I listened to the 'Purple Rain' soundtrack - and many times since.