Quotes About Emotion

I think the Russian people have a coldness on them, and I think its all about discipline and just getting the work done. There is not much room for emotion and heart. Its just about winning.

Many people lock a part of themselves away. It's a bit sacred.

My passion for painting is so sacred and personal to me.

It can be really powerful to write something when you're sad.

In film, you can have sad endings.

If I make a song where I'm happy, I sound completely mad - I think my voice is better-suited for sadder songs.

The saddest songs are written when a person is happy.

Sadness was something I was thinking about in my life outside of writing, so it wormed itself into whatever I wrote.

All the best songs have an element of sadness.

I feel alone and safe in public.

I like 'Salty Dog' by Procol Harum.

You can't plan to write a great song. It just happens to you. It drops in your lap. It's the same thing with a woman.

For me, comedy and drama are all the same thing.

Honestly, 'Side A' is supposed to be a project just from my heart and whatever is happening in my heart at the time, and I want 'Side B' to also fit that same thing.

I loved the feeling I got when I sang. I loved the feeling that it gave to people when I sang.

Nobody sang better than my mom. That's why I've never even thought of singing for singing sake. I've always thought of a song as an acting piece, as a way to say something.

Making something of loss is, on some level, satisfying.

I just fell in love with the music, man. The music just took control. It really saved my life.

Music is a saviour for me.

I don't know why, but I like the saxophone.

How happy am I on a scale of one to 10? When you have a daughter, it's 10 out of 10. It doesn't matter what happens. The joy that I get from that, I try to give it to my football.

'The Thing from Another World' was the first movie that really scared me.

It's hard to be scared if you don't feel for a character, because you don't care if they die or live.

I just love to watch people get scared. It's like, 'Yes, I accomplished my goal!'