Pat Metheny Quotes

Soul is just that inner spirit. I use that inner spirit for whatever it is I do.

Know that there is so much more to you than your body. It's not just about perfecting the steps; you must trust your instincts to tell deep, emotional stories through the steps that you are performing.

'Twas not my lips you kissed but my soul.

As a writer, you rely on whatever makes you up as a person, whether those things are twisted and nasty or otherwise.

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

People don't see this side of me. They don't know I read, like, 800 million spiritual books. Lately I am just really getting into a lot of spirituality.

There is a god within us.

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.

When I say I can see through clothes, sometimes I try to use it as an X-ray vision to look into the dancer and see who this dancer is right now, at this exact moment in time. I live inside them in a way.

I believe in imagination. I did Kramer vs. Kramer before I had children. But the mother I would be was already inside me.

I used Jimmy to give me what I needed to keep going and to know that I was on the right path with it. I thought I saw Jimmy's soul all the time we worked. He never covered his soul and I never covered mine. We saw into each other's souls, very definitely.

Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.

My real self is probably more creative and more frightening than any sort of drink or drug-induced state.

You really have to be in touch with your soul and spirit and your imagination - it keeps you in shape, and it makes you like yourself a bit more.

People have talents that are different. Where does the creative flow come from - inside us or from a higher power? I don't ask any questions. I just write it down.

When you don't have to say 'I love you,' when you don't have to prove your love by singing a song, or express it through the body, that's two souls connecting.

I am learning to live close to the lives of my friends without ever seeing them. No miles of any measurement can separate your soul from mine.

I love what I know about passion, I love what I know about mercy, I love what I know about patience, I love what I know about soul, and I know you.

For the first time, I saw what was in his heart, and I wondered if he might ever want to look deep enough to see mine.

Sex is the joining of two bodies; love is the joining of two souls.

I wish I could be whole for you…I wish I could hold you and dance with you, take you in my arms and make love to you the way I want to. (Adron) And I’m just grateful I have you at all. It’s not your body or face that I love, Adron. It’s your heart, your soul, and your mind. (Livia)

When you look back... on your love affairs... what you really find out is that the only person you really go to bed with is yourself.

After all, everybody has secrets and there are some things that nobody knows about you but only you, right?

Like blind hens, we are ignorant of our own self and the depths within us.

Your joys and sorrows. You can never tell them. You cheapen the inside of yourself if you do tell them.