Kris Allen Quotes

There's not many people that I can't relate to and can't share experiences with.

You can't have empathy for somebody that's gone through something you haven't - because, definitionally, you can't. But you can feel for them and have sympathy for them. And that's what this country needs to practice more. It's about realizing that you do come from a different place.

I think I'm relatable.

I think, really, that the only way a person can open their heart to someone who is so much another is really by knowing them... whether that's in a classroom, or a soccer team, or a food pantry, or any of those things. I mean, we're kind of more alike than we are different.

The essence of Yungblud is connection. That's all I want to do: connect with people.

A lot of people can relate to me.

Empathy is the most mysterious transaction that the human soul can have, and it's accessible to all of us, but we have to give ourselves the opportunity to identify, to plunge ourselves in a story where we see the world from the bottom up or through another's eyes or heart.

There is always someone in the world who is better or worse off than yourself, and I've never seen that - in either direction - as a barrier to becoming friends with somebody.

I'm just like my fans, and that's the way I like it.

I traffic in empathy. I try to be vulnerable with people so they can be vulnerable back. I've always been searching for empathy in other people. It's when I feel most not alone.

It is easier to speak to those who have had similar experiences than to those who are as yet ignorant.

Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them.

Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.

I think most people try to get others to see through their eyes.

The only bond worth anything between human beings is their humanness.

Stories are the common ground that allow people to connect, despite all our defences and all our differences.

Whether you're an opera singer, a legislator or customer service operator, there is a way that we can find common ground with our audience - be they young or old, Democrats or Republicans, rich or poor, religious or secular.

You know, we have our differences, everybody does, honest, real differences, but I do believe strongly that we as neighbors are drawn together far more than we're driven apart.

Each time we enter imaginatively into the life of another, it's a small step upwards in the elevation of the human race.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

I came from battling, knowing about the lyrics. All that's cool, but if you want people to love you, you have to talk to them about what they go through.

I have tried to be more relatable, but I won't be relatable to everybody.

No one wants to know how clever you are. They don't want an insight into your mind, thrilling as it might be. They want an insight into their own.

You have a little bit of feeling for everyone you play.

You don't ask people about the immigration policies of the U.K. or their country's agricultural policy. Instead, you talk to them about the meal they're eating or their family, and from that you get the sense of another human being, someone we can all relate to.