William Wordsworth Quotes

I'm quite gloomy. I just am one of those people, vaguely lugubrious.

Moping melancholy And moon-struck madness.

People tell me I look mournful. They say, 'Cheer up, Dan, it's not that bad!' Sometimes I just look into space, which freaks people out. If I was ever required to do anything other than look haunted, I could. I'm a happy person.

But probably my favorite music, believe it or not, is sad music.

I'm not really good at writing sad sappy ballads. In terms of the lyrics not matching the vibe of the music, that's kind of the way my career has gone; everyone is a little confused about it all the time.

Sorrow is never more sorrowful than when it jests at its own misery.

In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle.

I'm just melancholy by nature, and a lot of that gets into my writing.

And when Elvis was unhappy, believe me, everyone was unhappy.

Sometimes America gets tempted by the glitz and glamour.

I haven't turned into some rich monster. I've kept my perspective. But I am a bit spoiled. It's hard not to be a little spoiled by having a lot of money.

You can never be too rich or too thin.

On the soft bed of luxury many kingdoms have expired.

Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.

A people whose souls are so little tuned to joy.

The love of Luxury grows by what it feeds upon.

I'm frightened of my innate vanity. I mean: the suits lined with scarves? Even I know the warning signs. I could quite easily end up in a tiny Playboy mansion, all on my own.

It's actually sad to be rich.

I already own more than any human being needs.

It's such a diva thing, but I need one room for my suitcases and one for me.

South Bend is a nice town, but you know that phrase - 'I was homesick even when I was home.'

My life screams out and says one thing: 'indulgence.' I am a person who would never deny myself anything.

I wear a lot of black. Like my heart.

We're premiering 'The Neon Demon' in Cannes, which is the representation of 'The Neon Demon,' which is all about glamour and vulgarity.

If I have the chance, I would like to write an emotional, sad ballad.