“A landscape painting is essentially emotional in origin. It exists as a record of an effect in nature whose splendour has moved a human heart, and according as it is well or ill done it moves the hearts of others.” HumansWellsHeartDoneMovingEmotionRecordsEffectsEmotionalPaintingMovedIllLandscapeHuman HeartSplendourLandscape Painting Author:Walter J. Phillips
“Someone curating songs for you through your computer or being able to hold 10,000 songs on your watch - that convenience is pretty incredible, but so is the emotional impact of holding a Beatles record in your hand and listening to Let It Be.” HandsAbleSongWatchesRecordsEmotionalListeningComputerImpactIncrediblesConvenience Author:Dave Grohl
“If tone is granted to be subjected to control, why not line also, which has equal emotional significance? And if line, why not shapes and forms? And if shapes and forms, why not allow elision or emphasis of detail? And if all these things are allowed, what becomes of the record of actuality ?... Sunk without a trace!” IfsFormLinesRecordsEmotionalShapesEqualDetailsGrantedToneSignificanceWhy NotEmphasisActualityWithout A Trace Author:William Mortensen
“Certain songs I feel different people should be on different tracks, you know it's emotional. I put myself into characters for certain records.” PeopleKnowsFeelsShouldDifferentCharacterCertainSongRecordsEmotionalTrackDifferent Peoples Author:Kool Keith
“As a writer, I never paid much attention to the length of titles. I've just wanted them to communicate the emotional overtones of the content of a record or song that they are describing” WantedSongAttentionRecordsEmotionalPaidCommunicateTitlesLengthDescribing Author:Jacob Bannon
“Most artists are making as much money now as they could have made... in the heyday of Def Jam [when the] Beastie Boys would sell 10 million records or DMX would sell 6 or 7 million records. Those records are one thing, but then all the other ways to exploit the emotional relationship between artist and community is so much greater that I would guess that they're making as much or more money than they could have ever made.” WayMadeArtistCommunityBoysMillionsRecordsGreaterOne ThingEmotionalSellsMore MoneyExploitsJamHeydayEmotional Relationship Author:Russell Simmons
“The mall tour was right off of my second record, before it came out. It was very different. I did an acoustic performance every day in a different mall! One interesting thing I remember is playing "My Happy Ending" a lot, and that song was so new that I remember getting emotional when I would play it.” DifferentRememberSongInterestingRecordsEmotionalPerformancesHappy EndingsInteresting ThingsMallsAcoustics Author:Avril Lavigne
“If you make a record, you should ask yourself, 'Did it make someone cry, in a good way, not a bad way?' There should almost be subjective emotional criteria for evaluating work, instead of just profitability.” IfsWayShouldAsksRecordsCryEmotionalSubjectiveCriteriaGood WayProfitability Author:Moby