“If you think of the way Howlin' Wolf made records, you get the feeling there wasn't a production manager onsite, or a publicist having his say on how he should sing the songs. When you listen to his records, you feel like you're tapping into his voice.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsShouldMadeFeelingsSongVoiceRecordsLike YouProductionsManagersTappingPublicistsHowlin Wolf Author:M. Ward
“I like youth, and I like stories about feeling things intensely and about transitional moments in human life. I reflect on my life and that's just a moment when I felt things probably the most intensely.” HumansMomentsStoriesFeelingsFeltYouthLike YouHuman LifeI Like You Author:Joseph McGinty Nichol
“It makes it easier to play evil and to act evil to people that you really like. You have a feeling about them, so you know what the opposite is.” PeopleKnowsPlayFeelingsEvilLike YouEasierOppositesReally Like You Author:Casper Crump
“I think I started out okay but with AIDS came a great deal of silence about gayness and this period of lose and morning, but at the same time a kind of feeling like you wanted to get back into the closet because being gay was such a terrible thing at that point.” ThinkingKindFeelingsWantedLosesDealsSilenceMorningLike YouPeriodsTerribleGayOkayAidsGet BackClosetsTerrible ThingsBeing GayGayness Author:Margaret Cho
“Prostitutes have feelings; they are very human. They hurt, bleed cry and laugh just like you and me. To the people that want to legalize prostitution: Let me ask you a question. If you want to legalize it, would you now let your daughter/niece/grand daughter/sister do this? Why not sign them up for what you want legalized? And if not, WHY not? Does it make them too human for you now?” PeopleIfsWantHumansDoeFeelingsAsksHurtLaughingCryLike YouDaughterLet MeWhat You WantWhy NotProstitutionOur DaughterYour DaughterNieceGrand Daughter Author:Annie Lobert
“There's a way of doing comedy that feels true to the person doing it, that doesn't feel like clown-work or silly faces and antics, but that feels real - like you're playing a real person who has real thoughts and feelings, and it's very grounded. I started to watch all comedy through that prism.” WayFeelsPersonsRealFeelingsFacesWatchesComedyLike YouSillyGroundedClownThoughts And FeelingsReal PersonPrismsAntics Author:Andy Daly
“The whole point of being happy is not feeling like you have a job. I'm sure there are days where you're at your job and you're like, "Oh my god, this is hard."” HardWholeFeelingsJobsLike You Author:Justin Vernon
“Every song has a different genesis, or feeling. Usually the lyrics, I don't really know what it's all about, I just kinda do it. I mean, there's a combination of, like you're saying, that kind of lyrics about commitment or vaguely relationship lyrics mixed with jokey 90s Beck-style non-sequiturs and stuff.” KnowsKindMeanDifferentFeelingsSongStuffStyleLike YouCommitmentCombinationGenesis Author:Stephen Malkmus
“I'd moved to L.A., and everyone's actors here and writers, they were like super emotional and super in touch with their feelings, and it seemed like every two weeks one of my friend just coming to me and, like, you hurt my feelings the other day, dude.” TwoFeelingsActorsHurtWeekEmotionalLike YouMy FriendsMovedTwo WeeksHurt My Feelings Author:Seth Rogen
“I think love means a warm feeling about a human or a condition, where you feel emotional, and you feel like you want to be around them or it. You want to take care of it or them, the person, and be with them.” ThinkingWantFeelsHumansMeanPersonsFeelingsCareConditionsEmotionalLike YouWarmTake CareLove Means Author:Fisher Stevens
“I don't know if it's more acceptable or if black men are more comfortable. Black men certainly are more comfortable with it. I don't know that society, like white society loves it or black women. When you see a black man with a white woman there is a feeling that you have and I think the feeling is an instinctual feeling of you want her you don't want me. I don't look anything like her, so you don't like. You know what I mean? Something like that. It's a real instinctual primal thing.” IfsThinkingKnowsMenWantLooksMeanRealFeelingsBlackWhiteLike YouComfortableWant MeAcceptableBlack WomenPrimalLike Her Author:Sanaa Lathan
“It's a hideous feeling to go round shopping and even feel like you are a freak.” FeelsFeelingsLike YouRoundsShoppingFreakHideous Author:Nan Goldin
“My mom has kind of been more of the emotional support system. One time I was really feeling all out of it, just dealing with a lot of cooks in the kitchen and adjusting to what it means to be in the music industry, and I called her. One of the first things she said to me was 'You have to be thankful that these people even like you, no one liked me, at all, I was not really accepted for a very long time.'” PeopleFirstsKindMeanLongSaidFeelingsSupportEmotionalLike YouMomIndustryLong TimeMy MomAcceptedCooksKitchenOne TimeBeing ThankfulMusic IndustryAdjustingSupport SystemsEmotional SupportCooks In The Kitchen Author:Jillian Hervey
“The thing that bubbles up the most when I'm around other people is that I feel a joy of being alive. But I also am a very sensitive person and have many heavier feelings. It can be tiresome after a while to only do comedy, especially after you grow as a person. It starts to feel like you're playing an older version of yourself.” PeopleFeelsPersonsFeelingsJoyGrowsComedyAliveLike YouVersionsSensitiveBubblesTiresomeSensitive Person Author:Jenny Slate
“I feel like your generation is like, "We deserve a place at this table, we have a right to be here," whereas when I was in my 20s I was like, "Who am I?" It's exciting because I do see a lot of young women feeling empowered.” FeelsFeelingsYoungGenerationsLike YouDeserveExcitingTablesYoung WomenEmpowered Author:Miriam Shor
“I remember when I was maybe 27 years old and kind of at the height of my movie stardom - it was around the time of the Oscar and this and that. I think I was very much believing my own hype, which how could you not? I was sitting with my dad, feeling great about my life and everything that was happening, and he was like, "You know, you're getting a little weird...You're kind of an asshole." And I was like, "What the hell?" I was totally devastated. But it turned out to be basically the best thing that ever happened to me.” ThinkingKnowsYearsBelieveKindLittlesFeelingsRememberMy OwnHellHappenedLike YouDadHappeningsSittingMy DadBest ThingsHeightOscarsRemember WhenMovie StarHypeDevastatedStardomBest Thing That Ever Happened To MeFeeling Great Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“I get a lot of invitations, and sometimes it's far away, it's in Montana or something. "We'd like you to come to our daughter's wedding." These are people I've never heard of. I get a lot that. "Will you come to my son's graduation?" No...I guess when you're in stuff, it's almost a feeling that they know you.” PeopleKnowsSometimesFeelingsStuffHeardSonLike YouDaughterMy SonFar AwayInvitationsMontanaOur Daughter Author:Christopher Walken
“Like if you all were going to go out and one guy's like "you know what man I'm going to stay home I'm feeling kind of shitty," you go, "You faggot." That's what it means. It's about a guy wimping out, being a douchebag...it has nothing to do with your sexual orientation.” IfsKnowsMenKindMeanFeelingsHomeGuyLike YouOrientationDouchebags Author:Joe Rogan
“Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you're not worthy.” FeelingsArtistStruggleLike YouWorthyOverwhelmingTrue ArtistsNot Worthy Author:Viola Davis
“I know too well how you can go from feeling like your sister knows you better than anyone else in the world, to feeling jealous of her, to wanting to strangle her ha-ha.” KnowsWorldWellsFeelingsLike YouJealous Author:Lee Kelly
“When you're young and going to war, it's a genuinely exciting moment. You are going to risk yourself. On the battlefield, you are suddenly free. You realize: I'm here, I'm in it. Exaltation. Suddenly you're hit by another extraordinary feeling: my God, I can be killed. And: will I embarrass myself? It's like you're in a kaleidoscope and all of these extraordinary feelings are zipping by.” I CanWarMomentsFeelingsYoungRealizingRiskLike YouExcitingExtraordinaryBattlefieldsExaltationGoing To WarKaleidoscope Author:George Friedman
“If I think back to every rehearsal process for every play I've ever worked on, there's just so much crying at home. I barely sleep. There are moments of deep despair and anxiety, and then there are moments in rehearsal that are the most exhilarating; feeling seen and seeing everybody. Feeling like you have a purpose on the planet. A huge part of the process I enjoy is watching the actors figuring out what they can handle and what they can take and what they need from the director and me.” IfsThinkingNeedsPlayMomentsFeelingsHomePurposeActorsProcessEnjoySleepSeeingCryPlanetsHugeLike YouDirectorsDespairAnxietyHandleRehearsalExhilaratingExhilarating Feeling Author:Annie Baker
“I'm interested in the feeling of getting to zero after a play, like you're never going to do it again. That's a really scary feeling.” PlayFeelingsLike YouScaryZeroReally Scary Author:Greta Gerwig
“The idea of feeling displaced, and never feeling safe anywhere in the world, where you always feel like you're safer if you're over there, is not just my experience. If you went to Iran today or an Iranian came to America today, or the fact that there are bombs exploding everywhere, there's just a tremendous sense of fear and feeling a desire for security.” IfsWorldFeelsIdeasFactsFeelingsTodayAmericaDesireSecurityLike YouSafeBombsIranIranianExplodingAmerica Today Author:Shirin Neshat
“I think my first hit was the first song I ever wrote. I actually wrote it in 2005 in college. The title of it is called "Ain't Ready”. It's just talkin about the relationship with a man and a woman, or even a woman and a woman; however you wanna look at it, and just that feeling of feeling like you're not ready for love and the other person is pushing for something that you don't want. I think that's something that a lot of people can relate to.” PeopleThinkingMenWantFirstsLooksPersonsFeelingsSongCollegeReadyLike YouRelateTitlesPushingNot ReadyReady For Love Author:Kevin McCall
“I think that the most difficult thing is allowing yourself to be loved, so receiving the love and feeling like you deserve it is a pretty big struggle. I suppose that's what I've learnt recently, to allow myself to be loved.” ThinkingFeelingsBigsDifficultStruggleLike YouDeserveAllowingReceivingDifficult Things Author:Nicole Kidman
“I think guilt is the biggest problem in America, people are always feeling guilty about being themselves. You can't say what you want because it's not politically correct. You can't look like you want because you, the people at the office aren't going to like you and so on.” PeopleThinkingFeelingsProblemLike YouOfficeGuiltGuiltyPolitically CorrectFeeling Guilty Author:Marilyn Manson
“My feeling is, the world is a lonely place. If you can find people who are like you, and find some camaraderie, that's special. I wish there was more of that in the world, in general.” PeopleWorldFeelingsWishSpecialLike YouLonelyCamaraderie Author:Katie Dippold
“For me one of the most important things is not feeling like you have to protect yourself if you're with a real friend.” ImportantRealFeelingsLike YouProtectReal FriendsProtect Yourself Author:Rebecca Stead
“I've found a bit of success in my career, and I'm very relieved by it, but the success that comes after a book is published is never as happy as the feeling of writing, of knowing you've written something good, of feeling like you've had a worthwhile day in the chair. That's the best feeling I know, and as soon as writing stops making me feel that way, I'll stop doing it.” WritingBookFeelingsLike YouRelieved Author:Lauren Grodstein
“I've met so many amazing fans in the couple of weeks since the release of my second album, and everyone keeps telling me they feel so connected to the record. I think as an artist, all you really want out of your album is to feel like you're not alone.Because you wrote it for a reason. You wrote it because you're feeling some kind of emotion that you had to get out in the world. And if fans say, "that makes me feel like I'm not alone", then you get to say back to them, "Well, you telling me that makes me feel like I'm not alone either".” ThinkingWorldKindReasonFeelingsArtistEmotionWeekLike YouCoupleNot Alone Author:Halsey