Stephen Chbosky Quotes

I am really thankful to the audiences that they have appreciated all my songs and I have managed to touch their soul.

I always tell people, the first time I heard 'She Talks To Angels,' those lyrics did something to me.

I like the simple 'I love your work' letters. You never get sick of people's appreciation. They think they're troubling you, but it's lovely people associate my songs with certain moments in their lives.

When I run into a person or a kid that comes up and gives me the spiel about, 'Hey, I got your record at this time in my life, and it really helped me,' that stuff totally still rings true. If you're standing there talking to someone, it's really easy to tell if they're being authentic or not. And that's great.

'Hatful of Hollow' and 'The Smiths' were lent to me, and they made me want to create music that might make another person feel like they made me feel - to have an effect on someone.

American readers are so polite; their reactions make it seem like I've received thousands of thank-you notes. It's just lovely, and amazing the things people tell you that have touched them and related to their own lives.

I got a song called 'All That I Got Is You.' I wrote that from the heart.

I'm a big fan of lyrics - lyrics are the thing that move me in certain ways.

To write a song and have it embraced by someone, even one person, I don't think that's something that everyone gets to experience.

People have cried at a couple of shows. To think that someone could do that for me... Jesus Christ. That's a crazy sign.

I think I've been able to connect with people and their emotions through my songs. I feel honoured that despite having so many talented singers around, my work is always appreciated.

I get really affected by songs as a music listener - they mean so much and they feel so significant.

Remember, with writing, what you’re looking for is just one person to come up and tell you, 'I love you for what you do.'

Knowing that people make my songs their own is what keeps me going.

I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right.

My fans mean everything to me - especially the sisters! When you're on 'The View' or you're doing movies and stuff, you're a little bit insulated. It means so much to me when a woman comes up to me and says, 'Sherri, you said what I feel.' That just means so much to me to know that I have that support.

I wouldn't call myself successful, just obsessively exhausted. The music makes me smile, the movies make me feel humbled, and the comedy saves my life every day.

Nothing is more rewarding than to take a song, create it out of thin air and then watch it affect people.

From the minute I heard music I knew why I was born.

I just want to make art that connects with people and moves them on an emotional level. Any time I can put out music and place a story behind it and have people watch it and go, 'Wow, I was affected by that,' to me, feels like I've done my job.

When a young reader tells you that they'd never finished a book outside of school until they read yours, or that they really needed to hear something that one of your characters says or thinks... that's just rewarding and humbling.

He learned through the way that my father and I felt about his songs, his country songs, that they were great songs. And then he went out and sang them for the audiences that we found, and he found a tremendous reaction to that.

One of the greatest gifts that 'Homeland' has given me is it's affirming on a daily basis.

When someone picks up one of my songs and records it, I'm a flattered man, it's a blessing to me.

Music has been so healing in my life, so the fact that my music could be that for someone else is the best gift of my whole career. People have told me that they got married to my music, divorced to my music, and played my music while they were having their baby.