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I'm a fairly tormented artist, and I'm less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting.

— Dave Matthews

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

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.

— Gary Numan

Music is so therapeutic for me that if I can't get it out, I start feeling bad about myself - a lot of self-loathing.

— Eminem

Songwriting is therapeutic for me.

— Brantley Gilbert

The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I'm miserable.

— Scott Weiland

I felt like I had a really bad case of writer's block... Music is so therapeutic for me that if I can't get it out, I start feeling bad about myself - a lot of self-loathing.

— Eminem

I have no love for myself as a human being, but I have immense pride in the music I make.

— Morrissey

Songwriting is such an intricate part of me as an artist and as a person; I couldn't just let someone else do it.

— Shakira

✗Opposing Perspectives

I'm never nervous about being vulnerable with my songwriting because my favorite artists are ones that are vulnerable. I want people to feel like they know me.

— RaeLynn

Only the artists interest me whose hearts beat in unison with the poignant misery of the world. If you have not felt that, you have not lived. Pity is essential.

— Elizabeth Bibesco

My downfall emotionally is musicians and songwriters.

— Marcia Strassman