Quotes About Emotion

The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument.

It's miserable wearing black all the time, unless you're Johnny Cash.

I've done things I was miserable doing, and then I watched the episode and I'm proud of how fun and funny it is.

Happiness: an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.

I believe in blues, and I believe that it's been misrepresented.

I miss baseball.

I'm never gonna play again, and I know I'm really, really going to miss it.

As much as it hurts, I would rather miss someone than hit someone.

I was supposed to do Beautiful,' and when I watched the movie, I knew that I had missed out on a great opportunity.

'I Know You Care' is about my dad. And I haven't seen him for a long, long time. And my parents divorced when I was really young. And I guess I just wanted a - it was my way of saying that I wasn't bitter or angry anymore. I was just sad and just felt like something was missing.

This band has a weight to it. Our songs feel important to play... That was missing in my life without Sleater-Kinney.

I really feel something's missing if I'm not writing.

'The Missing Picture' is about my story and my parents. Before this film, I never said 'I' in a film, so it is very personal.

For over a decade, I had played every week, so to then have a season when you are not - that physical and mental high when you build up to a game and come down afterwards - was missing. It takes a while to adjust and is quite confusing.

In the earlier days, people used to be very emotional about making films. There used to be a great friendship between music directors and directors; today that is missing.

That's my mission: to make you feel something.

Melodrama and melodramatic are not the same thing, and often people make the mistake of confusing the two.

If I even lose my glasses or make a mistake. I become really disappointed in myself.

I'm afraid that the act of writing is so scary and anxiety-filled that I never laugh at all. In fact, when people tell me that such and such a scene or story is comical, I tend to gape. I did not intend comedy - ever, as far as I know. It's probably all a mistake. I am essentially a lugubrious writer. Ha ha!

I do like how the music can be misunderstood.

You know, I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell.

I like the fact that I have the power to convey a lot of emotion through my songs. I like to channel that when I'm singing. I think it's just a mix of R&B, soul, but then I kind of move more into the pop world and electronic pop and stuff like that.

I like doing stuff that is sad or angry. It's a challenge, because you're doing a mix of scenes and you're making a person.

I'm not good with words, and I get mixed up.