Quotes About Emotion

I kind of think that music in general is a sacred thing, and that's what music has kind of always been for me.

Passion has been in my DNA for generations.

Jazz is all about being in the moment. Whatever the music is making you feel, jazz gives you the freedom. That's the same genesis as hip-hop.

I'm not going to say that I'm some musical genius, but I've always loved music.

I'm biased toward romantic comedies; they're probably my favorite genre.

My favorites are songs that I get an emotional charge from, whatever genre they're in.

My genre is the pop ballad with a touch of R&B.

All genres of music have their own beauty.

I think when you're telling a story from inside of you that's genuine, people connect with it.

Yes, I can still see 'Arcadia' in my mind's eye, that beautiful Georgian room and the actors' moving through it. I loved that idea.

In German, there are only so many things you can write about.

Being German, I think we don't really express a lot of things.

Here in Germany, we have emotional players, too.

When I watch an actress say a line, I watch how they deliver the lines with gestures.

I'll never get married again.

When there's a war, people get married.

To get married, I need to first fall in love.

When I do get married, I'm gonna sing to my wife. If a woman makes me fall in love, I've got to sing to her.

I'm getting better, but I used to pull away from emotion, and from people.

I've always been drawn to love stories. Growing up, I would devour films like 'Moonstruck,' 'Ghost,' 'Love and Basketball,' and 'Love, Jones,' replacing the lovers in my imagination with two men.

Music is a gift to all of us.

Expressing my feelings and then the opportunity to share it with others is just such a gift.

I think one of my better gifts as a writer is empathy.

Part of my joy as a singer is to give gifts to people, and one way I try to connect to them is to add something in French or German or whatever.