Quotes About Connection

I'm trying to do the exact thing Verdi or Mendelssohn did - open up that spiritual space where we can all be fully ourselves.

Most athletes act all unhuman and you can't relate to them. I'm the exact opposite.

Sometimes with my children, I remember exactly how I felt as the child in this situation, not just how it feels to be me.

Me and my nan dress exactly the same.

Sometimes if the point of a piece of music is to open a conversation with other people, it's really hard to open that conversation if you're telling people exactly what to do or feel or think.

When you engage with people as an artist you know exactly what they feel and what they're thinking.

If you listen to my music, you know who I'm talking to, what I'm talking about, and exactly what my message is.

I'm giving fans exactly what they need to hear.

There are beautiful examples of art done by chimpanzees in human care.

Humor's an excellent way to make a point more palatable and/or relatable.

I'm not an actor because I want my picture taken. I'm an actor because I want to be part of the human exchange.

If you meet a girl, you meet a girl. It's normal, so if you exchange numbers, whatevs, it's cool.

I'm a relationship kind of girl. I like a twosome. Some people get excited about being single. I don't.

At the moment when I come on stage and I hear the excitement, I can feel the excitement of the crowd. That's the most important thing to me.

With every person you meet, there is a new and exciting experience to be had.

It's always exciting to work with people you admire.

Love does not exclude; it embraces. If we don't love someone outside ourselves, then very simply, we do not love ourselves.

The thing about theatre is that when it is actually occurring, when you have the audience on your side, you absolutely think you can will them to do anything. It's exhilarating.

Live performances are exhilarating, especially when performing for a young crowd.

I do not feel an exile from America in any sense.

You read about somebody, and it doesn't really matter whether or not they really exist - the point is that you get into them like real characters.

One person has a responsibility not just for himself but for inter-relationships with the existences of others and the world.

If you're going to be an academic who's involved in the world of policy, you have to be involved in the world that exists.

I don't want to say that our expectations of love are too high; it's just that if we're to meet them, we have to become a little more self-aware.