Montserrat Caballe Quotes

When you hear my music and you feel the emotion, it's real. When you see me in a film and you see a tear, it's real.

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.

In singing, you cannot 'cheat' if you want to give emotions to those who are listening. You must have something to tell.

If it doesn't come from your heart, music just doesn't work.

Technically, I'm not a guitar player, all I play is truth and emotion.

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

I like how pure the expression is in music. You can go straight to the heart of an audience rather than through their brain.

I connect emotionally to these songs. I mean what I say when I say it, and that allows your audience to connect. That's the number-one reason why any music is successful, because you make people feel something.

Only the tone-deaf doubt the power of music, though some feel it more strongly than others.

I've always believed you should sing songs you can really put yourself into. I think the emotion you put into it is just as important as singing the notes.

I'm attracted to music made by people who let themselves be emotional. They really care about what they do, and we believe in what they say.

Hopefully, somebody who's hearing my music, it's relatable to them, and it strikes a cord with them.

That's what music is all about, vibes. That's what makes people react and relate to a song, what makes it soulful.

It doesn't matter how big the set is or how florid the music is: if it doesn't touch people's hearts, then I don't want to be in it.

Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me.

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.

Music should be able to invoke the natural emotions in all human beings. Music is not notes fixed on apiece of paper.

The ballet embodies the notes of music. And sometimes you almost feel like you can see the notes dance up there on the stage.

Pop music has greater power to change people and to affect people because it's a universal language. You don't have to understand music to understand the power of a pop song.

Depth on different levels is so important to me. You look at a band like The Beatles, all their material has so much depth to it. And I want people to be able to run away with my melodies and get lost in them and take the lyrics and be able to relate to them.

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

Music remains the most strange of the materials because we don't understand what happens when music moves you.

What I look for in music is artistry, sincerity, and simplicity, and Tom Waits has all of that. I want to make a connection to the creator.

How we absorb music is unique. I know what I do. When I'm listening to music, I tend to find myself in a song. That's what really makes you connect is if you feel what that song is saying.

Music is essentially an emotional language, so you want to feel something from the relationships and build music based on those feelings.