By no means do I suggest that my idea of restraining emotion embodies the totality of soul performance... I always bring that point up mostly in regards to the popular notion that Soul is all about raw, unrestrained emotion.

I think that one of the techniques of soul performer is to arouse that kind of emotion in the listener by restraining his/her own emotions. It's like how wearing a brassiere a size too small can make one's tits look bigger and overflowing... by making a show of holding back the emotions, the actual effect is to make the emotions appear magnified and larger than life.