Amaal Mallik Quotes

I always choose songs that I have an emotional connection to, and I often feel myself getting very emotional when I sing.

Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion.

I think that the best songs to sing are songs that you love, because you sing them with love when you love them.

Most people who ask me what's my favorite song, expect that it's 'Midnight Train' or 'Neither One of Us.' But actually, it's always kinda been 'The Need to Be' because of what it says. I love the way that song was written, I love the melody, I love everything about it.

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

What is certain is that singing is not merely modulating a song by means of the voice: we sing and we celebrate the beauty that we can grow and live every day. If you want to sing and give emotions to those who are listening, you must have something to tell through your singing; you have to use singing like an instrument to tell something.

I think of my songs as there to be something to move people emotionally.

I love the fact that I can go out there on stage with a guitar and sing a song that means something to somebody.

I like to see people's eyes when I'm singing to them.

I will play my part by singing the spirit into every open heart.

All I can hope for is songs that feel special and songs that make people feel.

Songs I do have to strike an emotional chord the first time I sing them.

Everything was a song. Every conversation, every personal hurt, every observance of people in stress, happiness and love... if you could feel it, I could feel it. And I could write a song about it.

I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better.

Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love.

When I'm singing a song, I picture somebody in particular. A lot of it is to a guy.

If I had my choice, I'd pick a song that tells a story every time. There is a great deal of pleasure in doing the vocal on a number that you can put feeling into.

A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own devices. It must affect them not just as a song, but as a lifestyle.

I just try to tell a story with a song, and be able to try to transmit the emotion to you. That's all I'm really trying to do.

Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.

If anyone will listen I will continue to sing.

I project love, music and love, and I pray for peace. A good song cuts straight to the heart; sometimes it doesn't need to be too many lines - of course, I do love a good story.

I can see the music. I know what it looks like. I know what color it is. The words come easy, the tears come easy, and the joy comes easy. The music tells you what to do.

I think that ballads are always something where I can really become one with the audiance.

What passions cannot music raise or quell?