Song-writing is therapy for me. I'm a very moody person, very difficult to live with. There's a lot going on and a lot of contradictions. My life is always one step away from disaster.
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Songwriting is therapeutic for me.
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.
Writing is my therapy. My feelings build up inside of me and then I sit down and write a song.
I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world.
I write songs about stuff that I can't really get past personally - and then I write a song about it and I feel better.
The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I'm miserable.
I write most of my songs when I'm in a bad mood.
I often write songs, and when I do, I usually write quite a few of them. I really have to be in the mood.
When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.
The more settled I've become, the more problematic my characters have become. There was a period when I wrote sensitive and gentle songs and these came at a time when life was at its most destructive. I think you write about what you need, on some level.
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