A wonderful emotion to get things moving when one is stuck is anger. It was anger more than anything else that had set me off, roused me into productivity and creativity.
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The anger and the creativity are so closely intertwined with me, and there's plenty of anger left.
If I were to try and find a unifying emotion that kept me calm and focused while I was dancing or writing or solving a math problem, I think the one unifying thing about all those that keeps my interest is creativity.
When I was younger, I was terrified to express anger because it would often kick-start a horrible reaction in the men in my life. So I bit my tongue. I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.
My passion and energy get mistaken for anger.
One of the reasons I was so unhappy for years was because I never embraced my emotions and I was trying to stay in control.
I think a certain amount of anger has been a fuel of mine, if you want - but also some sort of sadness, and plain mischief, of course.
I asked a shrink: 'Everything is so great. Why am I still so angry?' He said, 'Anger doesn't go away.' I always thought it was kind of a good engine.
Anger is a good motivator.
I have to say that anger is the blanket that comes around me, and that blunts and blurs my sense of proportion.
I feel like we sometimes let our emotions and anger get in the way.
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