Ann Reinking Quotes

I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing.

Dance has helped me overcome a lot of personal challenges. If I feel sad or depressed, I just go to the set and dance. It makes me feel alive.

I really enjoy the therapeutic value of writing songs.

Singing and dancing are the greatest emotional outlets you can have.

The only thing that's helped me get through some really hard times was just being able to write and express - it's very cathartic for me. I'm hoping that, by writing and performing for other people, it affects them the same way.

I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes.

Therapy? I don't need that. The roles that I choose are my therapy.

It's always cathartic for me to write music.

Music is my expression. Music is my release. Music is my therapy.

Whenever you get nervous about anything, start dancing. You'll feel better.

Making music has always had a therapeutic effect on me.

Songwriting is therapeutic for me.

I found that dance was key to keeping depression out of my life. When you dance, things just go away, things don't seem so bad. There's no better way to take care of health than through something as joyous and beautiful as dance.

I need to write to be happy.

Acting is therapeutic.

When I'm singing, it's like I'm at home. And music is a great healer. I think I'd have been a basket case if I hadn't been a singer.

Acting's not therapy, but it can be therapeutic.

I'm an intense guy. I run 10 miles a day, which helps alleviate my intensity. Also, singing helps defuse my intensity. Playing the piano helps, and writing helps.

I have no desire to prove anything by dancing. I have never used it as an outlet or a means of expressing myself. I just dance. I just put my feet in the air and move them around.

I'd gone through the ups and downs and curveballs that life throws at you. I found writing to be very therapeutic and it helped me with a lot of the stuff I was going through.

I'm pretty terrible at writing, so the way I kind of therapeutically get through things is by drawing.

Being able to sing all these years has helped me handle life's tragedies.

Rock 'n' roll is good for the soul, for the well being, for the psyche, for your everything. I love it.

For me, writing is a kind of coping mechanism.

Therapy is therapy. Writing is for writing.