Ella Wheeler Wilcox Quotes

I won't sing if I don't feel it, so there's always so much sadness and so much sentiment behind it all.

What I say is from my heart. You must be sincere. So when I sing a song, people are supposed to feel it.

Yes, you've got to sing from the depths of the heart.

I am not interested in anything that doesn't have a genuine heart to it. You've got to have soul in the hole. If that isn't there, I don't see the point.

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.

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.

Feeling has as much to say as the words do. You can have the greatest words in the world and if they're not believable, they don't strike a chord and they're not said convincingly, it's not a great song.

If you're gonna sing, sing from your heart, and the world will hear you.

I just try to sing every song with sincerity.

I just keep it real, and I have written songs from my heart and performed them how they should be performed.

I like songs with a lot of heart and feeling and subtlety.

On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny.

I want a language that speaks the truth.

I'm not trying to be romantic. I think you can tell when people are trying to be sexy onstage. When I was doing 'All the Way,' I was really thinking about my wife. People don't know my personal experience, but they can tell it's an honest interpretation.

I love listening to songs that are from the heart and that touch the heart. So, love is the preferred theme for most of the songs that I sing.

Music is feeling. You can try to verbalize it. It really just hits you or it doesn't.

Sometimes I just rely on technique on stage, but it's not about technique. It's about how much you want to deliver the message to the audience. That's all.

My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

I would say three-quarters of what I do depends on the sincerity of it. You can croak, but if you croak good, they'll still listen.

When you raise your voice in song to express what's going on deep inside of you, I think people just react to that because it's so truthful. It's so raw.

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.

Every song has a heart, and I just go for that.

Sometimes a sincere moment is the most surprising thing you can write.

Self-expression is my goal, I want to be real with my feelings. Singing and dancing and all the joy that goes with performing come from my heart. If I can't feel it, I won't do it.