Eva Simons Quotes

It's really hard to find a love song that is real. That's when you really strike a chord with somebody, when you dig in deep and grab a hold.

I could never pretend something I didn't feel. I could never make love if I didn't love, and if I loved I could no more hide the fact than change the color of my eyes.

When you see a bad romantic comedy, you see the script, the director, and the actors trying to create this warmth and this pathos and this feeling that you care about them. That cannot be manufactured - it's either there or it isn't.

Music's supposed to be real. When it really touches you, it's supposed to be real.

I love Lauryn Hill, Tracy Chapman, Fiona Apple. People like that. People you can really connect to on the most basic human level.

I trust you: That's huge. That's truth. That's real love. Everyone uses 'I love you' so loosely.

I believe honesty comes across in music because for people that music isn't just something to dance to. For people for whom music is something that they feel, they understand what I'm talking about.

Real music to me is real; it's what you feel.

When you are real in your music, people know it and they feel your authenticity.

As a songwriter, it's very hard to listen to music that's not coming from the heart and soul, personally.

I love jazz music and sad music. I'm a sentimental guy. I'm a romantic guy.

The greatest music is made for love, not for money.

I think I sound like a fella who's always making a plea through his music. Sort of a plea of sincerity.

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.

It's not like if I play in big places I won't be happy. But I don't want to start adapting to what's in style to make my music. I want to stay true to my roots, to keep making the music I love, that comes from my soul. And if there are people who want to listen to it, I'm happy.

We love a good, hyped sound, but when it starts to sound insincere, that's when I lose interest. I hope that our music, even if it sounds polished, doesn't sound insincere.

When you listen to music, you can tell if it's a real love song or not.

The thing we get to do is bring music to people. I think that's the most important thing we can do. That's the way we show joy. That's the way we show love. That's way we show our gifts to so many.

I just have this real love and connection with what I'm doing when I play music.

Sincerity is romantic. I don't think you need gestures.

Do not accept anything as love which lacks truth.

There is no formula for generating the authentic warmth of love. It cannot be copied.

Trust isn't something that's spoken and love's never wrong when it's real.

One of the hardest things in the world is to perform on record and get someone to enjoy and feel what you're doing. It's unlike, like TV you can, you can fake it with the face and the crying and the bits. Recording is completely different.

I'm layering away: sauce, noodles, I belong to you, cheese, sauce, my heart is yours, noodles, cheese, I hear your soul in your music, cheese, cheese, CHEESE.