For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are infinitely various and unstable. It is the same in all arts.
I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.
Certain rhythms just have certain moods.
It's always a mixture of fiction and your own story. It's more I recreate atmospheres and moods through songs.
It is a rare American who does not have some story about how music has made our lives richer and more interesting, how it has changed our moods, brought out the best in our character and even sometimes helped us earn a living.
Women have a way of contorting things sometimes. We all have our moods, ups and downs.
There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.
A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.
The atmosphere is much too near for dreams. It forces us to action. It is close to us. We are in it and of it. It rouses us both to study and to do. We must know its moods and also its motive forces.