S.M. Stevens Quotes

One must read poetry with one's nerves.

Poetry is the scholar's art.

I am really passionate about my career and my music and I am so lucky to be able to do what I do for a job, so for all the early morning starts and long days, I could never trade it all in.

Pet me, touch me, love me, that's what I get when I perform. That's when I'm really getting what I want.

Ideally, I would love to mix singing and acting, but you can only be a pop star for so many years. I mean, at 30 it's a little bit sad, right?

I like people and get along, and I'm afraid to express my anger and my rage.

Genius can never despise labour.

A woman . . . always feels herself complimented by love, though it may be from a man incapable of winning her heart, or perhaps even her esteem.

Labor is the law of happiness.

I see that time divided is never long, and that regularity abridges all things.

I believe in status symbols.

Can't keep it in, Gotta let it out.

Baby I know, the first cut is the deepest.

Vanity is the most dangerous thing about fame.

There is a social need within our lives as human beings to have harmony.

I know many fine feathered friends But their friendliness depends on how you do They know many sure fired ways, To find out the one who pays And how you do

All things can be forgiven if we can progress.

I'm looking for a hard-headed woman, One who will make me do my best, And if I find my hard-headed woman, I know the rest of my life will be blessed

I can never quite trust anybody anymore.

Now I'm not making love to anyone's wishes, Only for that light I see 'Cause when I'm dead and lowered low in my grave, That's gonna be the only thing that's left of me.

Miles from nowhere. Guess I'll take my time.

If I ever loose my eyes, I won't have to cry no more.

It's hard to get by just upon a smile.

My career is there for everyone to see and delve into.

The words of the songs speak for themselves.

Not only did the terrorists hijack planes and destroy life, but they also hijacked the peaceful religion of Islam and split the brother and sisterhood of mankind.

I suppose that by being absent from the music business, it appeared that I just dropped out, but really I never did. I was continuously working and doing various things.

I listen to the wind, the wind of my soul.

I had to learn my faith and look after my family, and I had to make priorities. But now I've done it all and there's a little space for me to fill in the universe of music again.

A lot of people would have loved me to keep singing... You come to a point where you have sung, more or less... your whole repertoire and you want to get down to the job of living.

For me, it's important that I experience and feel what the characters are feeling. So I put myself in those moments, in their thoughts, and let it happen naturally. I write what I feel.

Read everything you can on writing. Join online forums and critique groups, go to conferences, get feedback, and learn, learn, learn!

I have learned that you can communicate on a very deep level with any living form. Thats why my gardens bloom and my animals are so healthy-because I communicate with them.

Every decorative piece in this house is my feeling, my choice.

I made the decision a long time ago that I had an obligation to my children that I happily fulfilled.

Id like to be a lion... they are very family-oriented. Unfortunately. too many wild animals are afraid at what man can do to them.

I was more secure being a mother than I was walking on a set.

My kids are pretty secure, bright, and know who they are.

I don't think many people get to play big emotions in life.

There is great worth in holding universal truths and timelessly beautiful words in your heart, which will stay there forever, infusing your thoughts and speech.

Family is hugely important to me. Having kids is the best possible way to shake off any kind of darkness that might accompany a role that you're playing.

I've always enjoyed family movies anyway. And I grew up loving actors who could hop around and play in something very family friendly, big, playful - and then go and do drama and comedy as well.

I'm a huge fan of Eighties music.

It's great when somebody is able to communicate an actual shot sequence to you and you know the world you're inhabiting with that. It's literally a haunting tune.

"I've never see you do something like this before and I'd love to see you try." For a young actor, that's about the most exciting thing that anyone can say to you.

I was a pretty difficult teenager.

I'm sure I wouldn't have been asked to judge the Man Booker if it weren't for 'Downton.'

I was never very happy at school.

I would like to do something modern and possibly funny.

I don't know much about my biological background.