Lukas Foss Quotes

Always upbeat, always happy, always putting you in a good mood. That's what I want to achieve with my music.

My favorite kind of song is the most beautiful song that you love so much and it's so good it makes you want to cry a little bit. Any jam can sound like that on a certain day.

Music doesn't have to have lyrics; it doesn't have to be a particular type of music - it has the ability to bring out really strong and hopefully good emotional reactions in people.

Music can lift the spirit; it can make you cry. Soldiers have marched into battle to music. It's a powerful thing.

That's the amazing thing about music: there's a song for every emotion. Can you imagine a world with no music? It would suck.

Ever since I was four years old, I loved making people smile, making them think, making them feel good, feel some kind of emotion.

I want people to feel good after I sing.

I want to tell stories and make people feel good. That's when music is at its finest.

For anyone who doesn't have that connection with Mozart, I urge those people to go and find some of his music, because it can quite genuinely make you just glad to be alive.

I just think music is such a beautiful thing. It lifts the heart and buoys up your spirits - all kinds of music.

Basically, I love films where everything is great and life is good.

Good soul music should make you feel something in your heart, in your body, and in your spirit. That's what I try to do both in the studio and on stage.

Music is what makes you feel joyful and makes me feel like I'm not alone. It's everything.

I definitely want my music to make people happy.

Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have here below.

I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.

People love gospel music. It's calming. It's soothing. It gets right to the point of whatever you're dealing with.

Michael Jackson believed in making music that made people feel good.

Dance music is great, but it's not a time to be reflective or particularly wistful.

Music is life. Music defines peoples' experience on this planet. Name one time in your life that wasn't punctuated by the music you listened to at the time. When people are down, they listen to music that commiserates that emotion. When people are amped up, they listen to more upbeat, loud songs.

I want to make people feel certain ways when they listen to my music. Whether it's partying or going through relationship problems or grinding or getting dressed and feeling fly. I want to be who I am and have emotion in my music that affects people.

What is music for? It's to make you feel good.

I'm not trying to compete with any other revival soul acts. It's just Leon Bridges, a kid from Fort Worth trying to be himself and give people hope. It's great music to dance to and just love.

I believe as musicians and artists we have an obligation to our souls. What that is? Only each one of us knows. I can speak for myself and say my obligation is to be happy. When I'm happy, I make great music. When I'm unhappy and my heart is broken, I may make brokenhearted music, but it still sounds good.

Good music just makes me happy and keeps me from getting distracted.