Being Quote by Sam Smith

I hate albums that are really happy. When I am really happy, I don't like to hear happy albums, and when I am really…

— David Bowie

I'm not actually as emotional as everybody thinks. The songs are super personal, but that's just one side of me, and I guess people…

— Rex Orange County

Generally I don't listen to sad songs if I'm sad. I listen to happy songs.

— Sinead O'Connor

I feel like artists that are always quite sad in real life always make really happy music, and artists who are really bouncy and…

— Marina and the Diamonds

I'm the type of person who listens to like sad music when I'm sad to feel sadder, and to feel sorry for myself.

— Troye Sivan

I don't like when songs are distinctly happy or sad.

— Alex G

There's definitely sadness happening in this band. I get melancholy every day about things.

— Charlotte Caffey

I think I've gotten a pretty fair shake in the music press over the years. The only think that kind of irks me is…

— Thalia Zedek

I think there is something beautiful in reveling in sadness. The proof is how beautiful sad songs can be. So I don’t think being…

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

It's hard being the guy that brings in a song, because you're very, you know, it can be something that you get too sensitive…

— John Britt Daniel

Sometimes I'm sad and mostly I like sad songs.

— Nico

I always tell people that it's so much harder to make a happy song than a sad one.

— Kristian Bush