Sam Smith Quotes

The one thing I loved about blues and soul was the way they taught the world how to express such deep feelings.

I can sing the blues and I have sung the blues. I feel it internally when I'm singing.

Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write.

Songs, for me, are notes from the heart.

The blues singers were talking about everyday life, and they pushed a button.

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.

What we ask of music, first and last, is that it communicate experience - experience of all kinds, vital and profound at its greatest, amusing or entertaining at another level.

I guess I'm attracted to people who are singing about love or life, and they have a particular passion that I can connect with.

Blues is my life. It's a true feeling that comes from the heart, not something that just comes out of my mouth. Blues is what I love, and blues is what I always do.

The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling, and understanding.

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.

There's just a natural human element to a great song that feels immediately satisfying. I like the song to create a mood.

I love the art form of songwriting. I get to carry a lot of vibes to a lot of people. My songs are all about the human condition, and people will be able to find themselves in my songs.

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

Music is feeling. You can try to verbalize it. It really just hits you or it doesn't.

When I think about my new CD, the word 'joy' comes to mind. I sincerely hope that each listener will feel the earth, spirit, and aggressive creativity emanating from this album.

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

Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy.

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.

You could play the blues like it was a lonesome thing - it was a feeling.

Depending on what you allow, you can still get the blues, man. I'm still trying to figure out where the blues really lies, where the street is.

Music is only love looking for words.

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.

You listen to a piece of music and it will remind you of something - it might make you happy, it might make you sad, but it is very emotive. And I think that Duran Duran have always understood that.

I was drawn to the guitar, and still am, because it struck me as the most soulful instrument.