Mood Quotes
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I actually wrote the song first as "well, it's 9 o'clock on a Saturday." That bit. Then I said, You know what? It needs some kind of an introduction to kind of set the mood and set the flavor. So I just played this kind of cocktail lounge thing, the hustle and bustle of waitresses going by - that kind of thing.
Billy Joel
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My UK fans are quite similar to the States but they pay much more attention to the details, that I like. They listen, party, and dance moving through the changing moods of the music with me.
Raphael Saadiq
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I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept.
Anne McCaffrey
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I come out before the matches because it's important the fans see I am in a good mood. When I get to the club, my mood is always lifted. You can be in a terrible mood, but once you are at Fulham, you are happy.
Mohamed Al-Fayed
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I became aware of just how fleeting the sense of happiness was, and how flimsy its basis: a warm restaurant after having come in from the rain, the smell of food and wine, interesting conversation, daylight falling weakly on the polished cherrywood of the tables. It took so little to move the mood from one level to another, as one might push pieces on a chessboard. Even to be aware of this, in the midst of a happy moment, was to push one of those pieces, and to become slightly less happy.
Teju Cole
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The goal was to create a mood, an atmosphere, and I think we have achieved that. We wanted people to not only get in touch with this character but also with themselves in Wyatt Earp and the Holy Grail.
Evan Jacobs
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Not all coincidence has to be loaded with meaning. Sometimes, things simply recur because that's how it is in life, that's how the mood gets in. It's good to subtly overdo it too, as Nabokov does, as Sebald does. It's a good way to intensify that region of localized weather that we call a novel.
Teju Cole
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I read a lot of true-crime books, but sometimes they can put you in a bad mood.
Steve Schirripa
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Getting into shape helped get me into a better mood, and when I'm in a better mood, I'm funnier. My general attitude is better.
Steve Howey
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Everybody just needs to realize that when you write something you're just in one mood. I was told I needed to write it and it was overdue; I don't even remember what day it was.
Bradford Cox
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Be proactive. Ask yourself, "Are my actions based on self-chosen values or on my moods, feelings and circumstances?"
Stephen Covey
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I see you have returned, my love; and your mood is as dark as ever. Did your soldiers not adore you to your complete satisfaction?
Wayne Gerard Trotman
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I like being married to another writer. You get to trade ideas. You get to talk shop. You get to complain. You get to gossip. And you don't have to explain why you're in such a bad mood when your work isn't going well.
Elaine Equi
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The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions
Stephen Covey
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The mood of the '50s is like today.
Nancy Peters
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Anybody can put sexual content to music, but I feel like I took it to a next level where it's a mood or feel.
Willie Taylor
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I recognize that knitting can improve my mood in trying circumstances
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
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I’m not mad. I’m in a perfectly happy mood, you asshole.
Kurt Cobain Nirvana
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Well, I think the world’s a bit fucked up and there is so much going on, but I try not to go too much into it because it’s just going to get me in a bad mood.
Maya Jama
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Love is not a theme. It's an atmosphere, a mood.
Cecelia Ahern
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No blandishments could make those cats stir if they weren’t in the mood, and one does want whatever one is calling to come.
Elizabeth von Arnim
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My hope is that no matter your mood there is on a Joyride albom a song on there that speaks to you.
Tinashe
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To me, that's what music is: creating a mood, and taking the listener to the place that you're going.
Paul Rodgers Bad Company
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Start small, make a promise and keep it. Then, make larger promises and keep them. Eventually, your honor will become greater than your moods or your circumstances, which includes your medical condition and other people's stereotypic observations. Once you overcome this comparison based mentality, your confidence will soar.
Stephen Covey