Quotes About Emotion

There is a feeling, when you listen to radio, that it's one person, and they're talking to you, and you really feel their presence as one person.

There is really only one way to deal with Misery. Accept her presence. Like most experiences in life, we must acknowledge the passage gracefully and let her move through our lives because she brings with her a hidden gift.

When you're in a church, and you're singing about the presence of the Lord, it is so hard not to get overjoyed because I know Him.

People trust my voice. And my expertise, honestly, is not political science. It's emotion and expression and sort of presence, you know?

Football means little without the presence of fans.

Success and failure are emotional and physiological experiences. We need to deal with them in a way that is present and calm.

I kissed John Updike as he presented me with an award. It wasn't the best kiss as far as kisses go, but I hold the fact that I kissed John Updike, that he kissed me, very close to my heart.

With music, you're really showing someone a piece of your soul. You're saying, 'This is mine. I wrote this, I made this, I'm performing this. This is how I'm presenting it to you.' There's something really scary about that, but there's also something next-worldly about it, too.

It was that chemistry. And was the fact that he was president part of that chemistry? I don't know. Maybe. Probably. But it was - I was there because there was chemistry. I wasn't there because, oh, this is the president.

A photograph is a moment - when you press the button, it will never come back.

I don't feel pressure in a negative way. I like pressure. I feel excitement and calm at the same time. No pressure, no diamonds. I want pressure: pressure creates drama, creates emotion.

Acting was in my instincts, I presume.

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

I don't want to show my pain. I resisted; I hesitated. I tried to be invisible, to pretend that nothing was wrong. It's impossible; it's not like me.

I'm not gonna sit and pretend I'm hard as nails.

'Melancholy' is prettier than 'depression'; it connotes a kind of nocturnal grace. Makes one feel more innocently beleaguered.

There's nothing prettier in the world than a melody. I can get lost in a song with a melody. A lot of times I have, and the song wasn't that good, but I would get lost in that melody, and I'd want to do the song.

I'm pretty expressive. And when I love something or love someone, I express that.

I have always wanted to tell stories. Even as a classical dancer, I revel in telling stories through my dance.

I am a dancer at heart.

I was a dancer.

Comedy is not easy to begin with, but comedy that also dances with drama - it's so hard.

When you're out dancing, you could be anywhere in the world, but it's only the dance that matters.

The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing.