Top 185 Soulful Quotes & Sayings

When I did my rock band, I pined for a more soulful sound. I wanted music that was very melodic and blues-based.

I'm big fan of soulful music - classic rock with a folk-ish twist.

I don't like labels, but I do have blue eyes and I'm soulful, so what am I going to do?

I always imagined having so much energy on stage, versus me being somewhat chill, soulful R&B.

And one of my favorites was Eddy Arnold of course. He just had that smooth, soulful voice.

While everyone has a different experience of what is soulful, these experiences do share similar beginnings. We start by giving ourselves permission to be soulful, to take seriously this aspect of ourselves, our soul and our soul needs.

Many of my contemporaries in the developed world see subsistence farming as soulful and organic, but it is a poverty trap and an environmental disaster.

Every day is deeper and richer and more soulful.

The ecstatic beauty and soulful grace of Rumi's poetry inspires human hearts to believe in possibilities beyond the predictably fatal.

Sam Turton is the true embodiment of the responsible artist. The honesty and integrity of the man comes out with every soulful note he sings.

I feel very strongly we are spiritual beings in a physical body, and we should make our surroundings as beautiful and soulful as possible.

Movie theatre gives a soulful experience.

Dance numbers continue to be popular and I believe soulful and romantic tracks, too, will never go out of trend.

Nineties music was what I grew up with, and I want to make music that's soulful but that you can also dance and drive to.

I have not lost any of my crazy, fearless, raw, soulful, eclectic side and I plan on continuing to tell universal stories in an unforgettable way.

I've written a soulful record but it's informed by my sort of indie guitar past.

I still feel that the original 'Karate Kid' is the great piece of work that has stood the test of time. It's a bit of soulful magic.

It is worse to stay where one does not belong at all than to wander about lost for a while and looking for the psychic and soulful kinship one requires

But I'm really into old music - bluesy, soulful singers, like Etta James, Ray Charles, and Aretha Franklin. I wouldn't have minded being born in the 1960s!

A thank-you can be just as meaningful as a soulful ten-page message.

'Tangerine' taught me that if you win an audience over with comedy, then hopefully have a soulful message at the same time.

People need to climb the mountain not simple because it is there But because the soulful divinity needs to be mated with the spirit.

I don't want to always be the tortured, soulful wife.

I think I'm a soulful singer.

Nothing soulful is birthed from force.

I think with me and the type of music that I'm trying to make, it's always going be soulful because I grew up listening to different types and variations of soulful melodies and jazz, but experimenting with different types of stylistic souls.

When it comes to soul, Dennis Marcellino redefines the term. His remarkable tone and feel are full of passion and soulful expression.

Scott Feiner is a soulful magnet for the fusion of Brazilian and jazz music.

Make creativity your religion... because creating is soulful work.

When I was briefed on the shots of 'Kabhi Yaadon Mein,' all I could think of was Darjeeling as the perfect scenery to shoot the soulful track and the entire team instantly agreed upon this.

I'm the kind of performer who gets lost on stage. I can tap into this soulful haze.

I'm hoping to bring some raunchy, risky, soulful frankness to the stage, really.

As well as having a really strong message, sometimes an artist needs to couple their sentiment with something that's soulful and groovy to listen to.

I was drawn to the guitar, and still am, because it struck me as the most soulful instrument.

I suppose I had a soulful quality. I was often cast as a wounded person, the 'sensitive' role.

The marrying of an actor and his whimsical and theatrical vision is very enjoyable, because he wants it to be filled with something honest, truthful, human, soulful, substantial.

John Legend is brilliant. I feel he may be my best collaborator when it comes to delivering that undeniable soulful sound, and he does it in such a classy way.

There is no human being on earth who does not have the capacity to offer the message of peace to the world at large. But what is needed now is the soulful willingness.

Secrets can take many forms. They can be shocking or silly or soulful. They can connect us with our deepest humanity, or with people we'll never meet again.

Dilla was a John Coltrane-type dude. He was always on a higher level. He inspired my music to become looser and more soulful.

I'm very soulful. I grew up singing in church. When I sing a song, I like to feel what I'm singing.

You cannot have black music without something soulful in it, whether it's lyrically, how it's performed, or how it's expressed.

Orangutan are very weird animals but they look very soulful.

There are so many forms of soul: David Bowie was soulful as hell; Johnny Cash was soulful as hell; you also have a Prince, a Stevie Wonder. I want to bring my perception of that and not live inside the box of, 'This is the type of tracks you get,' 'This is the type of drums you get.'

Prince is extremely soulful, but he can get real rock-'n'-rollish. So can Lenny Kravitz. Lenny's real soulful but he's got that rock with him, too. On the whole, I guess black folks ain't trying to handle rock-'n'-roll, really.

Be soulful. Be kind. Be in love.

Begin your day with prayer, and make it so soulful that it may remain with you until the evening.

I was immediately taken with Geoff Muldaur's rich soulful voice, masterful phrasing and guitar playing when I first heard him.

That's what music is all about, vibes. That's what makes people react and relate to a song, what makes it soulful.

Ultimately, you're looking for a soulful experience when you listen to any form music.

And that's the soulful thing about playing: you offer something to somebody. You don't know if they'll like it, but you offer it.

Religions are not imaginative, not poetic, not soulful. On the contrary, they are parochial, small-minded, niggardly with the human imagination, precisely where science is generous.

As long as the songs are strong, I think you can express yourself in any style and have it be soulful and have it be your own voice.

I enjoy singing soulful melodies because they add that extra zing to your performance.

I don't just sing R&B: I'm able to sing pop and play with other sounds, but it's all real soulful.

A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make that assumption. And so when there's a little intonation problem, people are very forgiving of them because they heard how soulful they play.

I have created a new genre. It is a soulful creation that comes straight from my heart.

My personal music style is very Latin and very soulful. It's dance meets hip-hop.

I would love to work with Paolo Nutini because he is so soulful and an amazing songwriter.

Her makeup, hair and general quirkiness overshadow the fact that Cyndi Lauper was one the most soulful chicks to come out of the '80s.