Strong Emotions

Most of the time

Most of the time I write my best songs just from feeling a strong emotion, so whether I’m just really angry or really sad or really happy, I immediately sit down at a piano and I begin writing a song. Ella Henderson

Learn to control your

Learn to control your emotions. Be able to glide through them. By practicing concentration exercises and meditation, you will find that when strong emotions strike, you will gain the ability to not be swayed by them. Frederick Lenz

Reason is the first

Reason is the first victim of strong emotion. Frank Herbert

The only rule is,

The only rule is, do what you really, impulsively, wish to do. But always act on your own responsibility, sincerely. And have the courage of your own strong emotion. D. H. Lawrence

Clive [Davis] tried to

Clive [Davis] tried to tell me that saying certain words in a song – or as he says, ‘putting some balls into it’ – isn’t bad, it’s just strong emotion. Well, there are certain words and emotions I don’t want kids hearing, and I’m not changing because they think it’s going to sell better. This … Read more

Where we have strong

Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves. Carl Sagan

For me, it’s really

For me, it’s really important that the experience of art is always something that is able to provoke strong emotion, an emotion that you feel in your heart or your stomach, but also that challenges the brain at the same time. It’s an experience – physical and intellectual. Camille Henrot

Even when I try

Even when I try to stir myself up, I just get irritated because I can’t make anything come out. And in the middle of the night I lie here thinking about all this. If I don’t get back on track somehow, I’m dead, that’s the sense I get. There isn’t a single strong emotion inside … Read more

The nature of music

The nature of music is mysterious and so much so that it generates strong emotions within us. It moves along passages that reach the most intimate areas of our psyche without being tried by prejudices or influences of any kind. Andrea Bocelli

Times of tragedy and

Times of tragedy and war naturally bring out strong emotions… Sometimes people are only too anxious to sacrifice their constitutional liberties during a crisis, hoping to gain some measure of security. Yet nothing would please terrorists more than if we willingly gave up our cherished liberties because of their actions.
Ron Paul