RM Quotes

People will come up to me at shows and tell me that a song touched them in a completely different way than I wrote it. That's fun. Fans translating it in their own way.

Music is supposed to create an associate level, wherein I and you and you and I can associate without any misunderstanding.

It's a unique thing, and it's probably the thing I love most about songs and music - their ability to connect in a human way.

Music goes further than any border, any language.

I love the fact that people can relate to what I'm saying, even if it's not for the same subject I was writing about. That is the power of real music and real expression.

My music has shaken hands with the world somehow - it's a beautiful disease, and I'm glad I got it.

How does my music connect to an audience? That is just a complete mystery to me.

The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.

All I try to do is to write music that feels meaningful to me, that has commitment and passion behind it.

I feel that people really feel they've got a part of me when they listen to my albums and the themes just show themselves.

Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don't understand the language that you're singing in, they still know good music when they hear it.

God comes to us in theater in the way we communicate with each other, whether it be a symphony orchestra, or a wonderful ballet, or a beautiful painting, or a play. It's a way of expressing our humanity.

In terms of helping people understand and know each other a little better, music is universal - universal and transporting.

Music speaks to people in a way that breaks down boundaries that words and actions sometimes can't.

When you listen to my songs, you hear messages and real stories. That's what's setting me apart.

You have to connect with a song, and when you write it, that connection is already there. It's your baby; your passion is in that song.

Through music, I think we can inspire each other.

I get to travel the world doing what I love to do - making other people happy... They might not even understand my words, but the one thing everybody understands is music.

Music, like film, is an incredible tool for creating empathy.

Dance should touch people.

There's only one thing, in the end, and that's singing truth in a pleasant way.

An animal can learn to fight, but to sing beautiful things and make people believe them.

I think of language as our first music.

A poem is a window that hangs between two or more human beings who otherwise live in darkened rooms.

When people come together around music, there's something ancient going on. It has to come from a genuine place and that's part of the challenge. You have to cultivate that authenticity everyday.