Lena Horne Quotes

A certain amount of anger doesn't make us less empathetic, less humane, less loving. It just makes us real.

I want to express myself to feel that what I feel is real. My joy, my pain, my anger.

It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more, and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer all the time. I don't want to be the queen of pain.

In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of our normal sensibility.

Pain is the mind. It's the thoughts of the mind. Then I get rid of the thoughts, and I get in my witness, which is down in my spiritual heart. The witness that witnesses being. Then those particular thoughts that are painful - love them. I love them to death!

I understand now that the vulnerability I've always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can't experience life without feeling life. What I've learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness, it's a strength.

I want to feel passion, I want to feel pain. I want to weep at the sound of your name. Come make me laugh, come make me cry... just make me feel alive.

It's no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do? Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.

And I don't believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable - they should be taken absolutely seriously.

The way I played the game, the way I live my life, is very emotional.

In the beginning, people think vulnerability will make you weak, but it does the opposite. It shows you're strong enough to care.

I would describe myself as emotional and highly strung. If something upsets me, it really upsets me. If something makes me angry, I get really angry. But it's all very upfront. I can't hide it. I'm also loyal and I hope I'm fun.

Never be ashamed of what or how you feel... just be honest.

Nothing's wrong with honest emotion.

I feel that 'The Great Failure' is really a book written out of great love and a willingness to face all of who a human being is.

I think our capacity for wholeheartedness can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted. It means engaging with the world from a place of vulnerability and worthiness.

I remember 'vulnerability' being an unattractive word for most of my life, and I resented it as a direction coming from a director just because it implied weakness so I get the job. But it is that humbling place that creates compassion.

I feel what I feel. If I wanna cry, I'm gonna cry - regardless of who watches me.

I think women are amazing for being able to show what they feel. I admire women who do. I think it's a mistake when women cover their emotions to look tough. I say let's own who we are and use it as a strength.

Speaking my truth. I think that's the number one thing, man. That's my 2018 mantra. Speak your truth, because you hold all that in, it's going to destroy you.

The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.

I'm an emotional person. Anger and frustration comes out in many ways... I'm not afraid to hug my friends that I love, and I'm not afraid to express my emotions when I'm upset.

How do you redefine love when your idea of love is something that's so violent? When your idea of passion is anger, how do you fix that?

Sometimes I put my heart in front of my technique.

All my artist buddies make fun of me for being such a sensitive human being.