Ed Kowalczyk Quotes

Music is a thing that changes people's lives. It has the capacity to make young people's lives better.

I try to use my music to move these people to act.

When I think about power, it's not about having money. It's about changing people's lives, changing people's moods. To me, it's a blessing to have that power.

To hear people saying, 'The music you are doing has really touched my life and it's moved me in a lot of ways. It's helped me get through some tough times.' That's the best compliment that you could get.

If my career detour from special education to singing has done one thing, it has afforded me the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others.

We've all seen the power music has to spread messages of solidarity and hope.

To think that my heart and my words and my music saved somebody's life, it takes a while to just sink in with me. But it proves to me that music is powerful.

I believe in music because it has the power of change.

I even got letters form kids in hospitals saying the music is what keeps them going, and that really touched my heart.

You can't imagine how gratifying it is to have a reader come up to you and say, 'You changed my life.'

It's amazing what one positive role model in your life can do in five minutes.

I love the opportunity to affect change in people's lives.

'My Name Is' by Eminem was a song that changed my life.

What I would love, instead of being a role model, is being someone of inspiration.

Until I discovered hip-hop, I felt I wasn't going to accomplish anything.

I love the power of music and artistry and feel a responsibility having a platform to preach good things.

I certainly feel my career was a great career because it inspired so many many people, literally hundreds of people to follow a new kind of life and to realize that they could make out and advance their own professional and private and social lives.

Playing on the streets of Iraq, or in Israel or the Gaza strip, I'd sing angry protest songs against war. People would say, 'Make us clap, make us dance, and laugh and sing.' It really made me think about the importance of happy music.

If you hear a good song, it makes you hopeful like, 'That is out there.'

My work is to reach people with ideas, hopes, dreams, encouragement, insight, and revelation. That's what an actor wants to do.

If I can tell my story, and help anybody else in the interim, then that's icing on the cake.

It doesn't matter what age you are, an effective song will move you.

People just want to watch people live their authentic lives and share the good and the bad. You can have fun and be a positive influence and have a good impact. And it can still be entertaining.

I have a song about being in love. I have a song about being supportive. There's inspiring ones, and there's some that show a little bit more fun and daring. It really is a range of who I am.

Pop music has greater power to change people and to affect people because it's a universal language. You don't have to understand music to understand the power of a pop song.