Tomas Luis de Victoria Quotes

Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music?

People are getting ready for music that makes them feel happy again rather than being depressed at the way the world is going right now.

I try and stay positive; being negative isn't good for my personality. I don't just bring myself down, I bring everyone around me down. It's like a dark cloud, 'Uh oh, here we go,' and have to snap out of it.

Music is very powerful and can make you feel whatever it is. If you listen to gospel, you're going to feel thankful, and you're going to want to call up people that you hate and tell them that you love them. When you listen to sexual music, it gets you in the mood.

The condition of the physical body can affect the spirit.

I think music can heal your soul if you'll let it. It can also bring you up if you're down. It can also bring you down if you're too up. It's a mood thing.

Every passion, every emotion, has its effect upon the mind. Every change of mind, however slight, has its effect upon the body.

Every thought you have affects everything in your body.

Music moves my emotions because music loosens me up.

I really don't need to suffer. I can really become a happy person and still make good music - in fact, better music.

What I've learned is that music affects the way you feel. A song can change someone's life.

It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.

If someone is sad, they put on a song, or if someone wants to rock out, and they want to get into a good mood, they put on music. Just being able to be a part of something like that I feel like was my ultimate push to do music.

If you're playing a negative character, sooner or later it rubs off on you. Some people don't mind living in that state, but I don't want to be there anymore. I don't want to live in a state of depression.

I usually write when I'm in a great place. When I'm depressed, I don't usually write. So I take all of when I'm depressed and throw it into when I'm feeling good. Weird, I guess.

It's sort of my job to feel good.

For me, music makes my smile brighter during my workouts. It adds that extra something that motivates me to go further or work harder!

So your emotional state really has a lot to do with what you're thinking about and what you're paying attention to.

I work with youth offenders in LA, I've heard them speak and see how music manipulates them.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

If I'm feeling healthy - like, I've eaten well and have drank a lot of water and have clothes that feel good - I feel good.

Um, you know, they have every right to feel the way they do and things are great with me, as you see, I'm very, good shape now and on the ball. Things are happening.

What people don't understand is that how you are as an artist depends on how you are emotionally.

Your heart is very much connected to your mind.

Music inflames temperament.