You know, why at the end of your life should you assemble thousands of pages of 'Why am I so sad, why am I so depressed?' Instead, assemble thousands of pages of why you're so content.
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There are times when I'm really happy and I write something really sad, and vice versa.
It can be really powerful to write something when you're sad.
We all have sadness in our life and things that we can draw upon.
Although, my experience when I've been depressed, not only am I too depressed to sit down and write a song, I'm too depressed to pick up my feet. So if you can at least write about it, you're halfway away from it.
If you spend your whole life being depressed about life, you're wasting it.
If you want to be depressed every day, there's plenty of material. The world is crazy.
The reason so many intelligent and creative people suffer from depression is that when you take the risk of being fully conscious, you open Pandora's box, and you can't close it again.
Nobody wants to be depressed - everybody's trying to feel better; when they strive and fail, it's all the more poignant.
If I do something that depresses, it's not because I'm depressed, but because political life and history is depressing.
It's really funny - when I'm depressed or I'm having a hard time, I'll write really fun stuff. And then when I'm really happy, I write really depressing stuff.
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