Leo Sayer Quotes

I have always believed people can sing themselves, even if they can't sing well, into a place of joy and happiness.

I usually write about what makes me feel good.

For me, poetry was... the fastest way to express what I was feeling, what I was going through.

You could take away the singing, and I am fine. But don't take away my gift of writing. It is the best way I can relate and express what I am feeling and what I am going through.

Sometimes, you want to write how you feel, but making people have fun, that's part of it, too.

If I'm happy and joyous, which I have been a lot in my life, thankfully, I'm usually not at the piano writing about it.

Many people don't have an outlet for their feelings or how they can express life and not everybody in a relationship is the kind of person who wants to. But if you can write, you can find a good way to do it.

I need to write to be happy.

Anyone who has problems, or worries, anyone who laughs and cries, anyone who feels can write. It's only talking on paper... talking about the things that matter to us.

When I look at the majority of my own songs they really came from my own sense of personal confusion or need to express some pain or beauty - they were coming from a universal and personal place.

Some things feel really good to sing: there's a physical aspect, but there's more to it - a deeper place you go to.

I had feelings that I didn't know what to do with, and I felt better when I started writing them. I thought of it as poetry. I did notice girls really liked it. Better than football. They liked the combination.

If you want to express yourself, you need the services of a lover or a psychiatrist; if you want to express a book, you might conceivably manage it.

I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing.

I write a lot more when I'm happy, because you're hopeful, you're motivated.

Now, performing is second nature and I love every second of it. It is a very emotional thing when I can't play a song; maybe I'm hitting on something that I don't want to deal with. All of it is so personal. It is like therapy.

I've never been one for keeping a journal, so my songs were my journals. They allowed me to express my feelings and let people know what was going on with me. I knew that somebody would relate.

I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.

Singing was my first passion. Whenever I sing, I'm always so happy.

The way I choose to show my feelings is through my songs.

I think poetry was always where I went to deal with my deepest feelings.

I was really drawn to spoken-word style poetry. I loved the rhythms, and for some reason, I was just drawn to this poetry as a way of expressing my feelings, because I didn't have any other outlet.

I've always written down how I feel.

We all need ways to express ourselves, and poetry is one of mine.

I think I write songs because of pent-up feelings.