Quotes About Emotion

I think when a lot of people hear my father's music they are immediately drawn in.

I have very little choice. If I don't write, I feel dreadful. So I write.

It's all about dressing how you feel.

My stories are character driven.

If I make a happy, happy movie one day, I'll think it's dull.

People tend not to dwell on drama.

All my friends are dying. That's why I always wear black.

I'm very emotional: to lose love is the same as dying.

If you get music on a personal level, you are doing something right. It's not just in one ear and out the other.

My earliest memory of music has to be watching my mother play the santoor.

I can say, out of my whole life, my dad left the situation at an early age for me; he left. But my mum turned her back on me.

I've always been able to get inside a song really easily, and if it's my song, I can make it seem honest.

I love The Edge's guitar style; it is unique. There is an ancient world resonating in his guitar sound.

It doesn't matter what age you are, an effective song will move you.

I think often times on Joss Whedon's shows he can make you hate a character for a period and then love the character. He does it effortlessly.

I want to make music that is completely electronic but doesn't feel it.

There's always an element of truth to what I write because that's why I write.

A lot of the time you find that elements of a character are brought out by the actors playing them.

I have to say that I am embarrassed about how emotional I am.

I am an emotional person, but I am not embarrassed by that.

Acting is embarrassing.

I'm romantic to the point of embarrassment.

Fiction allows you to embody certain ideas and give them an emotional reality. The characters allow you to get close viscerally to an idea.

To write a song and have it embraced by someone, even one person, I don't think that's something that everyone gets to experience.