Caused Quote by Eric Clapton

I think it's really cool to embrace the pain of something that may have hurt you and be able to express it through music.

— Ciara

It's very important to understand how the trauma of a life drives the music to really mean something.

— Goldie

For whatever reason, I've always gravitated towards music that feels nostalgic or longing or beautifully tragic.

— Lauv

The thing about music is that it gives voice and names to anguish and also addresses how to comfort it.

— Julien Baker

Pain's always been the root of my music. I just write what I feel.

— NF

I've always been fascinated with the strong emotional ties that music can have. A song can bring you back to a place or a…

— Jon Foreman

My music comes from heartbreak - from feeling what it's like to lose everything and not being able to express it through words because…

— Bibi Bourelly

Music has brought me a lot of emotional moments.

— Ralph Hasenhuttl

I think you can feel the pain I've experienced in my music. It's something that a lot of people can relate to.

— Blu Cantrell

Music is pure inspiration and curiosity, when it strikes you; you feel no pain, but desire.

— Wazim Shaw

Music exalts each joy, allays each grief, expels diseases, softens every pain.

— John Armstrong

Music is a mysterious phenomenon - it seems both to magically overwhelm and sublimate our suffering, but also to starkly dignify the struggles of…

— Andrew W.K