emotional expression quotes

My fans don’t feel like I hold anything back from them. They know whatever I’m going through now, they’ll hear about it on a record someday. They’ll hear the real story. There’s a little bit of lag time. It’s not as instant as going on a gossip blog. But it’s much more accurate.

I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane.

When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it’s a good indication of what you’re made of.

These are all personal crises, I’m sure, that I manifest in a song format and project into physical situations. You make little stories up about how you feel. It’s as simple as that.

If it weren’t for painting, I wouldn’t live; I couldn’t bear the extra strain of things.

If you’re embarrassed because you have some notion about how men are supposed to behave, and it doesn’t include weeping, then you have some personal work to do.