“I have enjoyed writing songs for so long... it felt like in order to make music that I could relate to myself, I would have to be a part of the writing process.” WritingLongSongOrderFeltProcessEnjoyedRelateWriting ProcessWriting Songs Author:Bridgit Mendler
“I definitely can relate to being down and closed-off at certain times in my life.” CertainDown AndRelate Author:Aubrey Plaza
“What I'm trying to do is make music that people relate to, that talks about ideas that are personal but also make that connection to trying to make revolutionary change, and I don't need to change my music to get to a certain audience.” PeopleNeedsTryingIdeasCertainAudienceConnectionsRelateRevolutionaryNeed A ChangeRevolutionary Change Author:Boots Riley
“I started to understand what the song could be about. The ache of nostalgia even for things we don't like, the commitment to keep moving despite that ache. It made me think of how I relate to my privilege - as a white person, as someone who grew up upper middle class.” ThinkingPersonsMadeMovingSongWhiteClassMiddleGrewGrew UpCommitmentPrivilegeNostalgiaDespiteRelateMiddle ClassAcheKeep MovingUpper Middle Class Author:Erin McKeown
“When my own son is going through what he goes through, coming back, I can certainly relate with other families, who kind of fill these ramifications of some PTSD.” KindI CanMy OwnSonRelatePtsdComing BackRamifications Author:Sarah Palin
“I think it's because Po [from Kung Fu Panda] is such a geek, and he is so relatable. He is so excited by life and is excited to learn new things. I think that accessibility is something that we all can relate to, there are so many things we wish we could do but don't have the means to achieve it.” ThinkingMeanWishAchieveExcitedRelateNew ThingsGeekRelatableAccessibilityKung FuPandasKung Fu Panda Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“I consider it as a foreshadowing of modernity in many different respects, and the consistency of character is interesting to the emerging modern psychology. The emphasis on dream knowledge relates quite deeply to psychoanalysis, although I suppose psychoanalysis wouldn't like to say that... Freud was always saying he was a scientist.” DifferentCharacterDreamInterestingPsychologyModernScientistRelateConsistencyEmphasisEmergingModernityPsychoanalysisForeshadowingModern Psychology Author:Marina Warner
“As a male, I thought the female voice was so strong, unique, real and accessible to most females. In some way, shape or form, they felt like they could relate to it, on some level, because they went through some form of unspeakable horror like what Kilgrave did to Jessica [Jones]. That, in itself, is something that most people shy away from, even in shows that are on cable or in movies.” PeopleWayRealShowsFormStrongFeltVoiceLevelsHorrorShapesUniqueFemaleMalesRelateShyCablesUnspeakableJessicaJessica JonesFemale Voice Author:Mike Colter
“I remember reading a book that was on songwriting at some point that I found in my dad's store, and just... I did not relate at all. I've always hated structure of all kinds, it just doesn't work for me. I can never fit into the schedules of other people. It's like putting a schedule on your song, and it doesn't allow you to be moved by your own music.” PeopleKindI CanBookRememberSongReadingFoundDadFitMovedStructureMy DadStoresAll KindsRelateHatedSongwritingSchedules Author:Larkin Grimm
“In writing the book I wanted to make it very clear that I feel prostitution should be decriminalized. But some people might have breezed by those aspects that others took the time to notice. In All I Could Bare, I hope I relate in a conversational way how stripping is a lot like other types of work.” PeopleWayFeelsShouldWritingBookMightWantedClearTypeAspectRelateProstitutionStripping Author:Craig Seymour
“I would never really listen to my own music or whatever, but I write music so I can deal with things and I hope that some people can relate in that. Maybe help people, or just bring a smile to their face or make them feel cool or something.” PeopleFeelsWritingI CanHelpingFacesMy OwnDealsRelate Author:Zac Farro
“Greatest American Hero, I really dug that as a kid, because it had an alienation to it, where he was given a gift and didn't know why, and yet he was forced to do something with it and he was very much an out-of-place character who was trying to cope with his own surroundings, and I can kind of relate to that guy.” KnowsTryingKindI CanCharacterKidsGuyGivenHeroRelateSurroundingsAlienationThat GuyAmerican Hero Author:Rhys Darby
“I don't remember my childhood very well at all, but my earliest memory is holding a man's hand as I was walking down the street at about 1Ð’Ð…. I can still remember the shoes I was wearing, but I don't know who the man was or what the memory relates to.” KnowsMenWellsStillsI CanHandsRememberMemoriesStreetsChildhoodHe ManWalkingShoesRelate Author:Naomie Harris
“I'm not going to try to be too young because at the end of the day, I'm not 20 anymore. I don't want to sound corny or look corny doing young things. All the stuff that the kids are doing, that's not my place. I believe that everyone followed me back then, they're still here. That's who I'm trying to talk to and relate to. All the trap music and all of that, it's great but I can't do that. I'm going to stay vintage Ginuwine and stay at the place that got me here. That's what people want.” PeopleWantTryingBelieveLooksStillsI CanEndsKidsYoungI BelieveStuffSoundRelateThe End Of The DayTrapsCornyVintageRap Music Author:Ginuwine
“I think the best thing about music is that someone could be writing a song that's so personal, and it tells so many other people's story at the same time. It kind of exemplifies that we are all kind of on the same wave[length] - it's amazing how comforting somebody else's story can be, because we have experienced their story in some way or another, and I can totally relate, and I get to feel that feeling and the expression of that emotion. I get to feel like as a listener, that somebody understands me, which is pretty incredible.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsWritingKindI CanStoriesFeelingsSongEmotionExpressionMusic IsIncrediblesWaveAll KindsRelateBest ThingsLengthListenersComfortingUnderstand Me Author:Theresa Wayman
“Maybe, through the stories I share about my life and others and the medical research that has been dedicated to the world of positive psychology, they'll relate to the power of a positive perspective and change the world one person at a time. Pipe dream, of course, but I love the thought of being given the chance to inspire!” WorldPersonsHas BeensStoriesDreamCoursesGivenChancePsychologyShareInspirePerspectiveResearchMedicalRelateChanging The WorldDedicatedPipePositive PsychologyMedical ResearchPipe DreamsPositive Perspective Author:Trista Sutter
“I was selling a piece of my art on eBay from The Escapist, which was an adaptation of The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, and the person who bought it was Alan Heinberg, one of the executive producers of the show and was a huge fan of my work and asked if I'd be interested in maybe being the ghost artist for Seth. It clicked and I could relate to Seth's plight on the show. It became really easy to fill in his shoes, and people really grabbed onto it; they really dug that sort of very minor sub-plot in the show.” PeopleIfsPersonsArtShowsArtistEasyPiecesFansAdventureHugeShoesGhostSellingProducersRelatePlotExecutivesMinorsAdaptationClayPlightEbayEscapists Author:Eric Wight
“Culture is defined, really, by the artists who record what the everyday experience is like and then translate it to a common piece of art that all people can respond and relate to.” PeopleArtArtistCultureCommonRecordsPiecesEverydayDefinedRelateTranslate Author:Rosie O'Donnell
“When you have kept yourself isolated, no one relates to you, you have no way of understanding actually who you are.” WayUnderstandingWho You AreRelateIsolated Author:Sally Field
“We get to get into the nitty-gritty and the minutiae of the way they relate now, and that's really valuable. We just have to make sure we don't repeat ourselves and we plot this thing so it doesn't dead end too much, and so that's the challenge really. It's like, how do you keep those balls in the air and make it exciting still?” WayStillsEndsChallengesToo MuchAirBallsExcitingValuableRelateRepeatsPlotDead EndsMinutiae Author:Mark Duplass
“If your grandparents are Mexican, you can relate through the roots of the show [Top Chef], through the food, through the traditions and find yourself and get to know yourself too.” IfsKnowsShowsTraditionRootsRelateFinding YourselfChefGrandparentMexicanKnow Yourself Author:Ana Claudia Talancon
“They'll try to apply the rules of the day to the game, where you can't touch your board with your hands, or you can't step off your board, etc and I want nothing to do with it. It's like a game from a different planet or something and it's hard for me to relate to anybody who would think of skateboarding in such a narrow way.” ThinkingWayWantTryingDifferentHardHandsGamesStepsPlanetsRelateBoardsEtcSkateboarding Author:Mike Vallely
“The first doorway (or chakra) is what I call in the book, the Doorway of Safety. This doorway relates to feeling safe in life and being present in the here and now. It's only when we are really grounded and safe that we're able to relax and open up our hearts.” FirstsHeartBookFeelingsAbleSafeSafetyRelateRelaxGroundedHere And NowDoorwaysChakra Author:Marci Shimoff
“When we're feeling fully alive, we're able to fully feel love. This doorway also relates to feeling our feelings fully. Not suppressing our feelings of anger, sadness or grief but allowing them to be felt. What's amazing is that when those feelings are felt, they actually dissolve into love.” FeelsFeelingsAbleFeltGriefAliveSadnessRelateAllowingDoorwaysSuppressing Author:Marci Shimoff
“The fifth doorway to experiencing Love for No Reason is the Doorway of Communication, which corresponds to the energy center located in the throat area. This doorway relates to speaking and listening with compassion, rather than judgment. There are some wonderful tools and techniques available to help us speak and listen with compassion that I've included in this chapter.” ReasonHelpingEnergySpeakCompassionWonderfulCommunicationListeningJudgmentAreasToolsAvailableTechniqueRelateNo ReasonThroatChaptersFifthDoorways Author:Marci Shimoff
“The sixth doorway is the Doorway of Vision. This relates to seeing with the eyes of love and corresponds to the energy center located in the third eye area of our forehead. When this doorway is open, we're more able to see life through love instead of differences.” EyeAbleEnergyDifferencesVisionSeeingAreasThirdsRelateForeheadsDoorwaysThird EyeEyes Of Love Author:Marci Shimoff
“You can't relate to an absolute or it wouldn't be absolute, it would be relative. On an intellectual level, that's easy. However, you hear theologians in the theistic traditions talk about absolute God, and I saw God, or God spoke; speaking, being seen, these are all relational things. So what is absolute about such a being, wouldn't actually be absolute.” Would BeEasyLevelsSawsIntellectualTraditionAbsolutesRelateSpokesRelativeTheologian Author:Robert Thurman
“There's a disciplined erotic component to it, so that the height of sexual contact is the embrace, the modest touch, a relatively chaste kiss. An important passage from the surviving 1942 diary (one I quote in the book) relates this mode of sexual expression to his own life. Mann had returned to his diary for 1927 (one of those he burned) and to his parting from the young man, Klaus Heuser, whom the family had met on holiday and invited to Munich.” MenImportantBookYoungExpressionMetsKissingEmbraceContactRelateHeightYoung ManHolidayPassagesBurnedModestInvitedComponentsEroticSurvivingDiariesPartingChasteMunich Author:Philip Kitcher
“If you make a 'Star Wars' reference, everybody's familiar with that. It's a common reference that most people can relate to - 'Bartleby, The Scrivener,' probably not so much.” PeopleIfsWarStarsCommonFamiliarRelate Author:Adam Reed
“People should relate to nature as birds do. Birds don't run around carefully preparing fields, planting seeds, and harvesting food. They don't create anything . . . they just receive what is there for them with a humble and grateful heart.” PeopleShouldHeartRunningFieldsBirdGratefulHumbleSeedsRelatePreparingGrateful HeartPlanting Seeds Author:Masanobu Fukuoka
“You just have to be careful because social media can begin to affect personal things such as relationships, just to pin point. People have become so entitled as it relates to social media.” PeopleSocialMediaCarefulSocial MediaRelateBe CarefulEntitledPinsPersonal Things Author:Aeriel Miranda
“If you're not broadcasting what people feel is their truth as it relates to you, well that becomes a problem. If your not broadcasting how much you love your boyfriend or husband via social media, problems occur in the home and I really think this is happening more than we acknowledge.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsWellsProblemHomeSocialLove YouMediaHusbandHappeningsSocial MediaRelateAcknowledgeBroadcastingYour Boyfriend Author:Aeriel Miranda
“People automatically assume and expect that every moment and every bit of personal data should be broadcasted on social media, especially as it relates to them - and thats just not cuttin' it for me. If you can make it through the age of social media and come out with the same friends and lover, kudos!” PeopleIfsShouldMomentsAgeSocialBitsMediaLoversAssumingSocial MediaDataRelateLovers And Friends Author:Aeriel Miranda
“I've always been a fan of [Mary Elizabeth Winstead's]. She gets to do some fun action-y stuff she brings this gritty swashbuckle to. I think there's a lot of movies that have women in peril running away from the scarier things and then end up being saved by a man, so it's great to see this character MacGyver her way out of situations, whether physically MacGyvering away, or mentally MacGyvering a way out of something. I relate to her more than I relate to most leading men in movies.” ThinkingMenWayEndsCharacterRunningActionFunStuffSituationFansSavedRelateRunning AwayMaryPerilMacgyver Author:Dan Trachtenberg
“My works are a direct response to the typical space opera. I grew tired of always reading about how the people with power, with agency, get involved in huge sweeping arcs of stories. I wanted stories that dealt with real people, people I could relate to.” PeopleRealStoriesWantedReadingSpaceHugeGrewInvolvedDirectTiredResponseRelateAgencyOperaTypicalGet InvolvedArcsSweeping Author:Nathan Lowell
“I love that Voltaire was so willing to shock his readers with arbitrary cruelty. And I can completely relate to it.” I CanWillingReaderCrueltyRelateShockArbitrary Author:George Meyer
“One thing is funny because my grandparents are going to come see the show and my mom was concerned that they wouldn't understand, because so much of it is Internet-based. Our generation specifically really relates to it, because we were the first people to discover the Internet and most of us can maybe navigate the Internet better than our parents can. All this information you could ever possibly know is right at our fingertips, not to mention the fact you can meet anyone!” PeopleKnowsFirstsFactsShowsParentGenerationsOne ThingInformationMomInternetConcernedMy MomRelateGrandparentNavigateOur GenerationFingertips Author:Sarah Steele
“People want to relate to that. That's a healthy place to be. Even movies do this: War movies or light-hearted comedies, they all have their different time. And this is the time, fortunately, for straight plays... Are you going to come see it?” PeopleWantDifferentWarPlayLightComedyHealthyRelateHeartedDifferent TimesWar MovieLight Hearted Author:Sean Mahon
“I knew that I wanted to create rich themes, and something that people might really relate to emotionally. That was the quest, authenticity, and then just to make the audience feel something.” PeopleFeelsMightWantedAudienceRichAuthenticityRelateThemeQuests Author:John Debney
“I want to become less and less about the laptop. That's what's lovely about an orchestra - the physicality, the way every gesture relates to something you're hearing.” WayWantHearingLovelyRelateGesturesOrchestraLaptopsPhysicality Author:Anna Meredith
“This relates to the concept of time and our ability as dreamers to reach across time to a past or future self and do some good. This is very important as it relates to soul loss and soul recovery.” ImportantSoulSelfPastLossAbilityConceptsRecoveryRelateDreamerConcept Of TimeFuture Self Author:Robert Moss
“The same people that always think I'm pretentious will think I'm pretentious, and the people who relate to me will continue to relate to me.” PeopleThinkingRelatePretentious Author:Bradford Cox
“I've always been shy, but every time that I sing or I perform, when music comes out of me, it is the only thing I can relate to, it's the only thing I can give.” GivingI CanRelateShy Author:Benjamin Clementine
“There's really no "bad" people; there's just humans who are doing the best they can to figure life out. It's hard! We can all relate to that.” PeopleHumansHardFiguresRelateBad People Author:Sara Bareilles
“I can very much relate to waking up inside of your life and saying to yourself, "How did I get here?"” I CanWake UpRelateWaking Author:Sara Bareilles
“'Fast Life' is just about going out with your friends and having a good time - I think it's one of those songs that people can relate with and like.” PeopleThinkingLife IsSongRelateGood TimesGoing OutHaving A Good TimeFast Life Author:Joe Jonas
“I don't love all hip-hop, but I do relate to stuff like early Nas, 2Pac, Biggie, and MF Doom because they're also trying to escape a scenario.” TryingStuffHip HopHipsRelateHopsDoomScenariosBiggie Author:Lykke Li
“I relate to hustlers who want to get out of where they are and create something different for themselves.” WantDifferentRelate Author:Lykke Li
“People relate to you a lot more when you're honest and authentic - and that's hard to do in front of millions of people every week.” PeopleHardMillionsWeekHonestFrontsRelate Author:Rayvon Owen
“I like albums that knit together, where the songs relate to one another and intertwine.” TogetherSongAlbumsRelate Author:Scott Hutchison