Billy Horschel Quotes

I'm more dramatic than other people are, or I just show it more. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I have a lot of passion.

I write songs from the heart, and I don't hold back.

I live my life pretty emotionally, for better and for worse. I'm pretty thin-skinned and transparent. I lead with my heart, and I wanted to make a movie that did the same.

Sometimes I envy people who can be only half crazy, with one foot in the passion and one foot in the real world. But that's not me. I dive into the total crazy experience. That's the only way to travel.

I say what's in my heart, and I do it in my concerts.

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

I don’t hide my emotions from people.

I'm not conventional. I try to be raw and vulnerable and gross.

Emotionally, I've always worn my heart on my sleeve.

Everything I say, it comes from the heart. It's all real.

I just try to sing every song with sincerity.

I feel like when I say something sad, I mean it.

For writers: don't hold back. Be weird. Be sentimental. Be melodramatic. Take the risk of being not-cool, not-hip.

I would feel really dishonest writing a song that was really sassy, or really confident, because I'm not a supremely confident being. I think that's what people find interesting about what I do; it's very different lyrically.

I certainly wear my heart on my sleeve, and I think that comes out in the characters that I play. There's a yearning, or something, that comes out of me that people relate to.

In order to move others deeply we must deliberately allow ourselves to be carried away beyond the bounds of our normal sensibility.

I think that people respond to honesty in music, so I only choose songs that are the truth for me.

What's the point of a song if you can't be honest?

I love to watch someone who just goes for it and isn't worried about whether it's silly or awkward or unflattering.

I feel what I sing, and I sing what I feel. Really, that's all I can do.

I think the best acting is when you allow yourself to be kind of vulnerable in the moment.

I've found that in now having experienced what it's like to make records and just through growing up in general that you should be expressive about what's affecting you instead of trying to sing about a subject just for the sake of other people getting something from it.

I like going crazy. And not just for art - I like extremes in general.

I'm not good at hiding my feelings. I'm also not good at lying. I'm very open about everything.

The way I played the game, the way I live my life, is very emotional.