Quotes About Connection

I connect to humor really deeply, so I feel really comfortable just being in funny projects.

It usually happens that I have multiple different projects going on at once, and one can be referencing the other.

I am more prolific when I have something to respond to. I get my juice from people and real stories and things that seem common but are amazing.

I think the atmosphere of a Prom concert can change your life, in the best way. It's so deep, the feeling you have there. The audience is so close, and there are so many of them, that you feel they are almost embracing you.

Befikre' is not just about two characters. There is another very prominent third character, and that is Paris.

I have a very promiscuous relationship with all my objects.

I made a promise to myself to write songs I liked. I'm an acoustic singer/songwriter, and I need to be able play every song by myself on guitar. No matter what the production ends up being on the record, I've got to be able to go out and sell it all on my own. It's about connection.

I have come to believe that America is a promise we have made to one another.

Tell your kids you love them as much as you possibly can, because you're not promised one second to the next.

I loved getting to do Promised Land with him. I mean, he's really there for you. We did one very emotional scene in the church. He's just a wonderful acting partner. You feel very safe with him.

Usually, you don't have commitment promises in a friendship. Usually, it just grows.

The Internet promises to open new channels for worker-firm communications. What are the consequences of this opening?

Interestingly, the best way to promote intimacy is to demand it.

I don't go on social media with a mercenary intent to promote. That's just wrong. I go to learn, to listen, to have fun, to find people who love what I love and who introduce me to new things. That's where the joy is: in the interactions.

We're a really close family, and that was what my grandparents promoted.

I have been very careful about what kind of products and companies I endorse just because I don't want to be promoting anything that I don't have any kind of connection to.

When I do listen to music, I'm more prone to listen to the people I've always listened to: George Jones, Otis Redding, Alison Krauss and Emmylou Harris.

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.

I like nothing more than walking down a country lane or along a mountain path - it's not proof that there is anything bigger than ourselves, but I feel very much at peace.

And I used to think that proof that I had religion was whether I knew how to sing all of the songs.

There are instances where you're in a space with someone who has been extraordinarily successful, and they don't necessarily connect with you as another person. You can be a prop for them to deliver their stuff, and you're just another element in the scene.

Country music is one of those places where we support each other and prop each other up.

Communication is about being effective, not always about being proper.

Being a part of a large family is just like a little society: those who fight to the top of the heap. We relied on each other and still do. They never discouraged me or told me to get a proper job.