Contrast Quote by William Cowper

There are times when I'm really happy and I write something really sad, and vice versa.

— Juan Gabriel

It can be really powerful to write something when you're sad.

— Kathryn Stockett

The saddest songs are written when a person is happy.

— Merle Travis

It can be really powerful to write something when youre sad.

— Kathryn Stockett

“What a grim feeling it is to come across a written line so exceptionally inspiring that your first reaction is, 'Criminy, why didn't I…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

I try hard to write an happy quote, but ends up with sad quotes.

— Bhar

For my best poems were all written when I felt the worst. When I was happy, I didn't write anything.

— Langston Hughes

I wrote a lot of really sad songs.

— Ruel

Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are, what might have been

— Anonymous

Of all the words of tongue or pen, the saddest are those...it might have been.

— Anonymous

I always wanted to write a sad song that sounds happy. I think everyone can relate to this emotion.

— Kirstin Maldonado

“It is very difficult to be wholly joyous or wholly sad on this earth.”

— Joseph Conrad