Mark Wahlberg Quotes

My songwriting is personal in the hope that listeners will know that I relate to them.

A lot of people have told me, you know, that what I've written about, they identify with strongly.

I think if something resonates, even if it's surreal, it's because it is relatable and I think that that's a core issue for me.

Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves.

If I'm in something funny, I like to try and find some kind of serious line in it that people can relate to.

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.

I think that talking about the personal specificity, personal details, is how you get the big, big audiences - by talking about your relationships or your personal tragedies. If you reach out with that energy, you'll touch people.

When humor works, it works because it's clarifying what people already feel. It has to come from someplace real.

I don't like to be entertaining. I don't like the feeling of being entertaining. If there was a musical or a comedy that was not just for entertainment but was rooted in something I could relate to on a real level, then I think I would do it.

For me, the most effective cabaret evenings have been some of the most personal ones, where the performer is comfortable enough to simply be themselves.

I put my emotions in my music and I want people to relate to that.

I like films to have something inside, I don't mean a message, I mean something from the soul.

I just feel like content is content; people want to see it resonate.

You've got a song you're singing from your gut, you want that audience to feel it in their gut. And you've got to make them think that you're one of them sitting out there with them too. They've got to be able to relate to what you're doing.

When I'm picking songs for an album I always want a song that I can relate to and that I have experienced. There's nothing worse than watching an artist try and sell a song that isn't believable coming from them.

Adulthood is interesting to adults. But I would never want to write about stuff I don't feel everybody can connect to.

Some people don't like my songs because they think they're too simple or easy or not that thought-out. I feel like the way I write is pretty simple, in some ways, because I'm trying to connect. I want a lot of people to hear it, and be moved in some way.

To be honest with my music... for me to expect anyone to connect it has to come from a place of honesty.

If someone is expressing everything I am feeling at the moment, it's probably Jon Stewart. I hear him and think, Yeah!

If you have tapped into something that is real for you, chances are you are going to tap into something that is real for someone else.

I guess I'm trying to write stuff that I, as a viewer, would connect to.

Generally, if I read something that I think is really good and that I feel a connection with and is right for me, I see and hear who the guy is, as manifested by me.

The more specific we are, the more universal something can become. Life is in the details. If you generalize, it doesn't resonate. The specificity of it is what resonates.

I think you're always drawn to what you love, and I'm always really drawn to things that feel really real and really true to me. I love things that make me think of things in a way I hadn't, and I love looking at people in the world in a way that I hadn't. And sometimes big, huge stories do that for me, but I think I am drawn to smaller ones.

One thing about America is Americans are real people. So it's like, if they see that you're real, this is real, then they're gonna relate to it.