If the world is in complete flux for me and life is falling apart, if I just manage to get myself in front of a computer or at my desk, it calms.
Joe E. Lewis said, 'Money doesn't buy happiness but it calms the nerves.' And that is how I feel about a film being well-received.
For some reason, I find jogging incredibly boring, but yoga is the only thing I've been able to consistently do over the years. I think it's because it also is sort of a mental exercise and calms you and refocuses you. So I find that that's great, and sometimes someone will drag me to a spin class or on a hike.
I like someone I can have fun with and who can be more laid-back than I am, because it calms me down.
Stroking my dog calms me down.
I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.
Before a game, I prefer R&B and stuff that calms me down, like the Weeknd.
What's so powerful about the Psalms are, as well as they're being gospel and songs of praise, they are also the blues.
Human curation allows you to have the emotion and feel music, because it is a very emotional thing. It makes you feel happy; it helps you when you are feeling sad, gets you pumped up, calms you down.
So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed, And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
