Taryn Manning Quotes

Everybody fights demons. Some are worse than others.

There is nothing incompatible about laughter and demons, nor about athletic achievement and depression. Mike Flanagan made me laugh, too. But mostly, he made me brave.

Growing up, I looked to people who had the same issues as me and were still living great lives.

Oprah is wildly successful, and she's a brilliant businesswoman. She's also somebody who's overcome a ton of demons in her own life, and that's really what shaped her. I think the same could be said for me.

My music started as a way to break through weaknesses - like anxiety, which was completely taking over my whole life, where I could barely function.

I'm pretty obsessed with Sara Bareilles. She is so talented, and I feel like I would learn so much from her.

The best thing that ever happened to me is that nothing happened in writing. I ended up working for engineering companies, and that's where I found my material, in the everyday struggle between capitalism and grace. Being broke and tired, you don't come home your best self.

You struggle with your demons and you conquer them.

I would do a documentary about Jay-Z. Yes, I would.

Much respect to Eminem - he's the greatest.

I respect Soulja Boy.

I fight demons.

I want the other Victorias out there, the people that are suffering or going through something, to keep fighting.

My dad was a great man, and I loved him, but he had some demons he fought. It was tough to see some of those things as a kid, but I believe God doesn't save you from things; he saves you through them.

One thing that I do want to say is Drake, as an artist, anybody has to respect him. He's in the game, and he's been in the game - he has longevity, even if he doesn't write or writes his music.

'My Name Is' by Eminem was a song that changed my life.

My favourite character in fiction was probably either James from 'James and the Giant Peach' or Ender from 'Ender's Game.' They were just ordinary people who were living under various amounts of struggle, and just to follow their journeys and see them break out of that and live extraordinary lives - I think that gave me a lot of hope as a kid.

I have overcome some demons in my path.

Frank Ocean - I have so much respect for him.

I am listening to a book by the guy who founded Nike, and I can relate to it. He struggled.

There's just so many great artists out there, but I think growing up, J. Cole has been the guy that I've always been listening to, even in college. Going from that struggle to stardom, that rise to stardom, 'Dolla and a Dream,' all that stuff - I've listened to all his classics, all the old J. Cole stuff.

By the time I got to songwriting, I had been faced with a lot of troubles as a result of my own collective of trauma. I was someone who instinctively figured out that writing songs about the struggle helps you with the struggle.

I was a tiny bug. Now a mountain. I was left behind. Now honored at the head. You healed my wounded hunger and anger, and made me a poet who sings about joy.

You should never be embarrassed by your trouble with living, because it's the ones with the sorest throats who have done the most singing.

I thank the Lord that, even though things were so wrong in my life here, I finally was brought to the realization of what all those struggles were about. There are some wonderful things from your painful past, things with a beauty you may not have realized at the time.