Quotes About Connection

Sometimes in the arenas it's hard to really feel that human connection just because you are so removed and so much further away from the crowd.

Arguably, there's an emotional side of life that I'm not always completely plugged into.

I think to myself, How would things be for me if my dad was still alive? Would we get along? Would we argue? You know, we never got to the falling-out stage with each other.

But I have a home in Arizona now. I've loved coming up with this organization and being with these guys.

My mom's side of the family is from Arkansas!

Most of my family is from Arkansas on my Mom's side, and my Dad's family is from up north in Chicago.

When I go to do a show, it's my time; it's all about me. You've come to see me. You haven't come to see me if you're in an armchair watching a video. It's very distracting.

I heard Otis Redding singing 'These Arms of Mine' and I knew that was the band I needed.

The hands are the feet of the arms.

I am an adoptive parent. My wife and I adopted our daughter nine years ago. She was born in China. We have been her parents since she was nine and a half months old, and we don't know very much about her life before we first took her into our arms.

The way that I deal with actors as a director is I just talk to them forever before we even arrive on set.

I am trying to give whatever little fans I have as much information as they want from me. I don't want to come across as arrogant or mean by not telling or giving them what them I want. These are the people who make you a star.

I love going back on 'Arrow.' It's always fun to see friends when I go back there.

I spent nine years at Arsenal, which makes the club really special for me.

I want Arsenal to want me. If they didn't want me, it would hurt.

Arsenal has always been special for me.

When I went to the academy, we watched Arsenal because of Guillou's connection with Arsene.

I love Arsenal, it's the club of my heart.

I loved watching Arsenal, my son's an Arsenal fan.

Nobody can figure out why it does what it does to human beings. But there is no other art form greater than music.

If the experiences in my childhood have helped me become strong, then I can articulate those experiences and perhaps tell people out there that have gone through the same thing that they're not alone.

Fans are half of an artiste... without someone to appreciate him, an artiste is nothing.

As a performing artiste, we always need love and support from family.

In this artistic world, you might as well find a way to work with somebody that you have admiration for.