Chris Stapleton Quotes

It's not enough to hit the notes. There is no point in the singers just standing there and sounding wonderful if they're not connecting with the characters they are portraying.

I've read and heard that some of the most inspiring vocal interpreters adhere habitually to one rule: Always think the lyrics as you're singing them, so that the sentiment is always appropriate and heartfelt.

It excites me when a person puts their whole self in a song or rhyme, or instrument. It fills me.

There's so many singers, you watch them and a lot of it is waving around. You don't get this feeling that they're really thinking about what they're saying.

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

Singing and being truthful to a song... I've developed that skill, and I know how to do that real instinctively, that's all I've been doing for the last 25 years.

When a singer truly feels and experiences what the music is all about, the words will automatically ring true.

I give my heart in every single session I've done, and I get into the music. I love all kinds of music, and I try and really be as authentic as possible and give from my heart.

Singing from the heart is my only goal.

When a guitarist can evoke a certain mood through his playing, that's what's most important to me.

It's not enough to play a song: you have to inhabit it.

Find one person in the audience and sing to them with all of your heart. And then cast a spell over them. Hoss, if you can't do it with feeling - don't.

Whenever I start to really think about what I'm playing, I may play it better musically, but the feeling isn't there.

Nobody sang better than my mom. That's why I've never even thought of singing for singing sake. I've always thought of a song as an acting piece, as a way to say something.

You don't have to live the blues to play the blues.

Music is an emotion, and I put it out there.

Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't.

When you hear my music and you feel the emotion, it's real. When you see me in a film and you see a tear, it's real.

With film, it's all about the actor being able to feel the things that the character's feeling. It must do some strange things to your mind. Music I find much easier because you're being honest about where you are as a person.

I go for as much feeling as I can rather than show what I can do up and down the neck. I don't play to show people ability.

In chamber music, the audience can hear each instrument and understand (and feel) what the composer and the musicians have in mind as they play.

I learned by listening to other people sing and doing impressions of them. And there are things no one can ever teach you, like phrasing. By listening to Sinatra, for instance - you felt that everything he sang had happened in his life.

Singing isn't always about being on key; it's about emotionality.

We singers have a different level of responsibility from other musicians. We have words that we must convey; we have meanings that we must convey through these lyrics.

I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart.