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I think it's a mistake to miss out on joy just because you have pain.

Do not be afraid that joy will make the pain worse; it is needed like the air we breathe.

Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.

Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role.

I discovered that joy is not the negation of pain, but rather acknowledging the presence of pain and feeling happiness in spite of it.

Shared joy is increased, shared pain is lessened.

That's the great paradox of living on this earth, that in the midst of great pain you can have great joy as well. If we didn't have those things we'd just be numb.

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

'Joy' to me is a reflection of the life experiences that I've had throughout the first record and kind of having some time and a hiatus. It's just like all of those experiences that I had during that period - that growing up period.

It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.