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Dawn (Go Away)' is a sad lyric, but the melody is so happy and fun. -- Erich Bergen
I write about heartbreak because I like writing about sad things, but I'm writing happy songs, too! -- Jackie Evancho
I love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy songs sound really sad. -- Beth Ditto
If I don't make it, I'll be very sad that there are things I didn't do, but I'm happy that I've done what I have. -- Stephen Jay Gould
A lot of my movies have come to be thought about only years after the fact, and I'm sad about that but also happy about it in a way, as it's given them longevity. -- Nicolas Roeg
You know, I think we Indians are afraid to show and celebrate our happiness, lest things change around. But I feel that it's okay to be sad and okay to show when you are happy. -- Shah Rukh Khan
Change is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return. Such recurrences should not constitute occasions for sadness but realities for awareness, so that one may be happy in the interim. -- Percy Bysshe Shelley
I grew up a happy kid in Toronto. I've never suffered. I've never even had a real job! But I understand sadness and striving, and those two things tie into all the roles that I've played. -- Alison Pill
You listen to a piece of music and it will remind you of something - it might make you happy, it might make you sad, but it is very emotive. And I think that Duran Duran have always understood that. -- Nick Rhodes
I'm happy, I would say that I'm one of the happiest people I know but I've certainly had periods of profound sadness, depression and heartache and those are the kind of things that are interesting to me to write about. -- Richard Marx
I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write, whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it. -- Katy Perry
I was such a sullen, angry, sad kid. I'm sure there are writers who have had happy childhoods, but what are you going to write about? No ghosts, no fear. I'm very happy that I had an unhappy and uncomfortable childhood. -- Isabel Allende
Many things have been said about what happened, but I don't know either. Maybe someday. One thing I'm sure of is that all the things that have happened to me, good and bad, happy and sad, have made me what I am today. -- Pete Best
The old, sad art colors are gone. Now I paint bright colors. I paint paintings which are happy, where children are laughing and playing with animals. I paint paradise on Earth. I still paint sadness sometimes, but there is sadness in the world, too. -- Margaret Keane
Falling in love is awesome, but I'm never drawn to happy songs per se, so whenever you sit down to write a heartbreak song and you're happily in love, it's like, 'OK, now I have to go back to a sad place to get something good.' -- Miranda Lambert
I am sure that the sad days and happenings were rare, and that I lived the joyous and careless life of other children; but just because the happy days were so habitual to me they made no impression upon my mind, and I can no longer recall them. -- Pierre Loti
I get mad. I get sad. I have all those emotions. But I just like to keep them to myself. I don't think my fans need to be bothered with if I'm mad or sad about something. I should just be concerned that they are keeping up with my music or I'm making them happy with my show. -- Demi Lovato
Musical compositions can be very sad - Chopin - but you have the pleasure of this sadness. The cheap consolation is: you will be happy. The higher consolation is the pleasure and recognition of your unhappiness, the pleasure of having recognised that fate, destiny and life are such as they are and so you reach a higher form of consciousness. -- Umberto Eco
The music of ABBA is not that happy. It might sound happy, in some strange way, but deep within, it's not happy music. It has that Nordic melancholic feeling to it. What fools you is the girls' voices. You know, I do think that is one of the secrets about ABBA. Even when we were really quite sad, we always sounded jubilant. -- Bjorn Ulvaeus
It's sad when you can't make everyone happy, though. It's impossible but, at the same time, you still hope. You think, 'Maybe I can do it,' but you know you can't. But gosh, if I had to rely on giving people what they wanted, I would have had to write 40 billion different books and even then, I wouldn't get it right. -- Stephenie Meyer
She laughed so easily when she was happy. But also when she was sad. -- Janet Fitch
When you're happy you enjoy the music, but when you're sad you understand the lyrics. -- Frank Ocean
When you're happy, you enjoy the music but when you're sad, you undestand the lyrics. -- Frank Ocean
Be happy but when sad times come, know that God allow these time for self-realisation. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
When you're happy, you enjoy the music. But when you're sad, you understand the lyrics. -- Frank Ocean
The Irish are great for their tunes, but all their lovesongs are sad and their warsongs happy. -- Colum McCann
You can be sad recalling sad times, but if you really want to be sad, recall happy times. -- Robert Breault
If you are sad don't try to influence an environment but if you are happy attempt everyone you can reach. -- Ben Bereng
I deserve to be happy. I'm sad it took me so long to get that. But I get it now. -- Susane Colasanti
I'm really happy with my life now, but there's a lot of stuff I feel very sad about in ways I can't even control. -- Liz Phair
There're songs to make you smile, there're songs to make you sad. But with a happy song to sing it never seems as bad. -- Stevie Wonder
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My belief in ghosts swings with the wind. But my belief that the cemetery felt happy and not sad-I've never changed my mind about that. -- Carol Plum-Ucci
You know what would make a good story? Something about a clown who make people happy, but inside he's real sad. Also, he has severe diarrhea. -- Jack Handey
Earth is sad, Moon is shy, Sun is happy but wait a moment, I just forgot to tell you that I am the child of open sky. -- Santosh Kalwar
I know amazing people in fashion who are anything but fake. They are very real and very sensitive. They are happy and sad. They are loyal friends. -- Alber Elbaz
Certain songs just feel a way that's hard to put into words and it's not happy and it's also not really sad but I couldn't say what it is -- Elliott Smith
Donâ??t panic, I thought. But already my breathing was faster, shallower. â??You mean you can feel happy or sad orâ??â? â??Desire.â? A barely-there smile. -- Becca Fitzpatrick

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