Herbert Read Quotes

I live my life pretty emotionally, for better and for worse. I'm pretty thin-skinned and transparent. I lead with my heart, and I wanted to make a movie that did the same.

Feelings or emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expression of who you are at your deepest place.

I don't want my poems to be sentimental, though I do acknowledge that sentiment is probably rather under-reported in a lot of people's feelings a lot of the time.

I'm very free with all my emotions, whether it's happy, sad, mad, glad, whatever.

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

I've found that in now having experienced what it's like to make records and just through growing up in general that you should be expressive about what's affecting you instead of trying to sing about a subject just for the sake of other people getting something from it.

Your real feelings are inside you.

It's no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do? Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.

The way I played the game, the way I live my life, is very emotional.

It is less fun to talk about what I am feeling rather than what I am thinking. Saying 'I feel awesome' isn't really interesting or enquiring.

I'm an emotional guy.

I don't think you learn how to act. You learn how to use your emotions and feelings.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

It's so easy for me to do a boy-bashing pop song, but to sit down and write honestly about something that's really close to me, something I've been through, it's a totally different thing.

I can't hide my feelings.

I say what I feel. I try to be tactful, but I can't not say what I feel. I have a really big problem with that.

I think your program has to reflect what your basic feelings are. I'll plead guilty to that.

It's what you feel, what is in your heart that matters most.

Our scribblings are usually not lyrics but whirrings, without colour or resonance, like the tone of an engine-wheel. I believe that the cause lies in the fact that when people write, they forget for the most part to dig deeply into themselves and to feel the whole import and truth of what they are writing.

As a father, I've tried to encourage my children to have a broader and deeper emotional life than I've had. I want my sons to be able to express their feelings about things.

I just sing what I feel in my heart. I ain't trying to prove nothing, and I don't think I ever did.

It's funny because I've made a living off of words, but words get in the way of what you really want to say.

I'm not sassy all day every day. I have levels and feelings.

I did not think I would be able to do myself justice if I had to speak to the players in English. I would not be able to get my emotions and feelings across.