Quotes About Emotion

If a person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion.

The mouth obeys poorly when the heart murmurs.

I do sarcasm really poorly.

In both pop and disco, the meaning of the lyrics is not too important. I have nothing I feel I particularly want to say.

I think '80s pop music subconsciously informs what I'm doing.

I think a lot of pop music is escapist.

Pop music I have always loved best.

Pop music, I think there's a reason why kids connect to it.

I've wanted to write good pop music, beautiful pop music - not just throwaways. I've always wanted to make it sound luscious and beautiful and cinematic.

The story of American pop music is the story of failure. The blues, country music, it's not the story of success. People don't win; they lose.

Pop music is what touches me the most.

My goal really was to make pop music feel as human as possible.

I've always been drawn to ambiguity in pop music.

The perfect pop song is about creating a memory.

I think there's a good pop song in pretty much anything.

I hear a really good pop song every now and then. 'ROAR' by Katy Perry, I love that! 'Poker Face'... Oh! What a song! And 'Rolling in the Deep'... Oh!

A great pop song should be felt when you hear it.

For me, pop melodies are their own thing that have their own emotion, but they don't necessarily belong exclusively in a pop song.

For me, a perfect pop song is something like 'This Year,' by the Mountain Goats.

I approach things from my feeling first. I have to get a feel for the character. I'll do that through music; I'll do it through what is naturally popping up for me when I read the script. My ideas or whatever the occupation of the character might be.

Crime shows are really popular, in general, but usually, at the end of every episode, you have to let go of the people that you've invested in and then, the next week, get somebody else.

A performance is like a boat. You really want it to arrive at port. So when something goes wrong and it doesn't get there, that touches me a lot.

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.

I love clothes so much. I feel like whatever I wear is an insight for other people to get to see who I am, or for me to portray how I'm feeling.