Music is my one necessary tool. I put on music that fits…

Rock music is, is a necessary evil, like beating my children with penny loafers

— Thom Yorke

I think the best mood for writing is a heavy feeling that's a little bit removed from you. Sometimes I feel very self-indulgent and…

— Perfume Genius

Don't wait until you're 'in the mood.' Get into the mood by writing.

— Margaret Atwood

Unfortunately or fortunately, in order to become acquainted with the idiom of country or rock music, it is necessary to occasionally play in a…

— Garth Hudson

I think the players set the tone right away in spring training.

— Gabe Kapler

“tone. “All right,” she said, “but how do I go about being a boy?”

— John Steinbeck

Character is key. Once you've got that voice going, everything else can follow. If you've also got the right tone, you're in the right…

— Jesse Armstrong

It is not an easy thing to do [found the tone right away].

— Deborah Kaplan

To sing you must first open your mouth. You must have a pair of lungs, and a little knowledge of music. It is not…

— Henry Miller

I think the church should strive to give parishioners good music. Music is as necessary for worship as a building with a beautiful altar,…

— Dave Brubeck

There should be no separation between spontaneous work with an emotional tone and work directed by the intellect. Both are supplementary to each other…

— Armin Hofmann

The emotional tone or affect of the tale should be hot and engaged, not remote and dispassionate.

— Paul Di Filippo

As a director, the biggest job is to discern the imperfections in emotional tone and then view it in the global picture of what…

— Robert Stromberg

Our limbic system sets the mind's emotional tone and stores our highly charged emotional memories.

— Tian Dayton

You know, with the film industry crews, there's an odd mix between a very technical and a very artistic approach to the work, and…

— Kristen Stewart