Language is an inadequate form of communication. If you've picked up an instrument, it's because you don't feel you are communicating sufficiently.
Stephen StillsRead
It's getting to the point where I am no fun anymore, I am sorry. / Sometimes it hurts so badly I must cry out loud, ' I am lonely.' / I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are, you make it hard.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote expresses deep feelings of loneliness and longing within a complex relationship.
In this quote, Stephen Stills conveys the emotional turmoil that can arise from love and connection, where deep attachment brings both joy and pain. The speaker acknowledges their struggle with loneliness and a sense of losing the fun in the relationship, while also expressing devotion to their partner, indicating a desire for understanding and intimacy despite the difficulties they face.
Themes
LonelinessLoveRelationshipsPainAttachment
In practice
Example use cases
A friend may use this quote to express their feelings during a tough time in their romantic relationship.
More from Stephen Stills
All quotes βSpeak out. You've got to speak out against the madness
Stephen StillsRead
I detest talking about myself. There is a reason why people pick up an instrument and put it between themselves and the rest of the world.
Stephen StillsRead
Find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground_x000D_ Mother earth will swallow you_x000D_ Lay your body down.
Stephen StillsRead
Similar quotes
'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.
William Makepeace ThackerayRead
Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but itβll always get you the right ones
John LennonRead
The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.
Peter De VriesRead
I have been treated better than I should have been---not by life in general nor by the machinery of things but by women.
Charles BukowskiRead
What if we just acknowledged that we have a bad relationship, and we stuck it out, anyway? What if we admitted that we make each other nuts, we fight constantly and hardly ever have sex, but we can't live without each other, so we deal with it? And then we could spend our lives together - in misery, but happy to not be apart.
Elizabeth GilbertRead
Women live lives of continual apology. They are born and raised to take the blame for other people's behavior. If they are treated without respect, they tell themselves that they have failed to earn respect. If their husbands do not fancy them, it is because they are unattractive.
Germaine GreerRead