Deeply Moving Quotes

Beauty is like a train that ceaselessly roars out of the Gare de Lyon and which I know will never leave, which has not left. It consists of jolts and shocks, many of which do not have much importance, but which we know are destined to produce one Shock, which does...The human heart, beautiful as a seismograph...Beauty will be CONVULSIVE or will not be at all.

It's really hard to find a love song that is real. That's when you really strike a chord with somebody, when you dig in deep and grab a hold.

I went to see Oliver Stone's 'Heaven & Earth,' which I thought was a wonderful movie, but I walked out because I was so moved. It was too painful to watch.

I can be quite surprised by what makes me cry, but it's usually spiritual things.

Whether lyrically or musically, it reaches in there and grabs your soul. That's the stuff I gravitate toward.

'Taramani' was a very emotionally draining film for me.

'Apricot Princess' is like an inside album. You can listen to the album and feel all of those emotions within one night.

Some people could say, "I'd like something that's super dramatic and miserable and made me cry and made me sad forever" but that's not my taste.

I think the tragic feeling is invoked in us when we are in the presence of a character who is ready to lay down his life, if need be, to secure one thing -- his sense of personal dignity.

If people can come out of 'Bin Roye' feeling even just a little bit of what this character felt, and touched your heart, that's enough for me.

Writing, to be memorable, must be done in a state of impassioned serenity.

There was tremendous emotion. Every shift was so emotional.

Despite what Wordsworth says about thoughts that 'lie too deep for tears', I think tears are a pretty reliable indication of being in the grips of a profound experience.

Michael John's music is soul-stirring. It gets inside the deepest part of you; it's almost a chemical reaction.

It's not so uncommon for me to get so wrapped up in a song that I cry several times when I sing them. That's the difference between my music and some of the other folks.

I consider what I do soul music. It's music that is concerned with the soul.