“Actually when I'm depressed or feeling down, I seem to play quiet music and enjoy the time. So I listen to a lot of ballads and I try to enjoy the time with music.” TryingPlayFeelingsSeemsEnjoyQuietBalladsFeeling DownSnsd Author:Kim Tae-yeon
“At four lines, with the quatrain, we reach the basic stanza form familiar from a whole range of English poetic practice. This is the length of the ballad stanza, the verse of a hymn, and innumerable other kinds of verse.” KindWholeFormLinesPracticeFourFamiliarRangeLengthPoeticVersesHymnsBallads Author:James Fenton
“I was kind of known as a ballad singer. People would send ballads. Some of them would go over my shoulder and float off the top of my head, and I just didn't feel anything. Then I would hear a song that would absolutely shake me.” PeopleFeelsKindSongKnownSingersShouldersShakesFloatsBallads Author:Rita Coolidge
“It's true, there's a lot of melancholy in my music. I don't know why, I'm not a melancholy person. I've always been drawn to it. Ever since I was a kid, if I had an album I would play the ballads on repeat.” IfsKnowsPersonsPlayKidsAlbumsRepeatsMelancholyBallads Author:Norah Jones