John Frusciante Quotes

Most people like the sad songs. Some of the oldest songs known to man are sad. Listening to a voice singing something sad is a really great way to help you to feel sad when you need to.

If I was sad or afraid, I would sit in a corner and sing. If I was happy I would jump into the middle of the room and sing. It was how I expressed my emotions.

We had our unhappy moments but they got channelled into the kind of sadness that was necessary for singing a song about going nowhere. So it worked out very well I think.

I appreciate when people listen to the sad songs, because it's almost like telling someone your problems and having them listen with a compassionate ear.

My favorite songs to sing have always been songs about regret. I don't know why that is, but to me, that's country music.

It's fun to sing sad songs. And it's fun to listen to sad songs. Enjoyable. Satisfying. Something.

Somehow, it seems that the sadder a song is, the happier I feel. The release of emotions that many would label as 'negative' is actually a liberating process for me.

I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.

Go ahead and play the blues if it'll make you happy.

I only ever really take out my guitar when I'm miserable, which isn't necessarily a very good time to do it.

People who write happy songs are often unhappy.

It's not about being happy 100 percent all the time, cause that's just life. I make sad songs, too, that really only make the happy songs better.

My Bandcamp had a lot of bad and good music, but I relied on that to sort my feelings. My sadness will always be there, even in the happiness.

I don't have any problem with being the guy whose album people put on when they're feeling sad.

When I write sad songs, I feel like I'm sewing up a scar in me, and the outcome always feels so much better than when I write happy ones.

I love writing sad songs.

I just like a good, sad song. The sadder, the better. It moves me.

A lot of people in the music business are a bit doom and gloom, People say it's probably easier to write sad songs than it is to write happy ones, so that's maybe why. I just wanted to be a bit positive about things rather than always being negative.

I have always believed people can sing themselves, even if they can't sing well, into a place of joy and happiness.

I'm a sucker for emotionally exploitative cello.

In terms of love, you're not in control and I hate that feeling. I seem to write a lot of sad songs because I'm a very tragic person. But there's always an element of humour at the end.

I'm the type of person who listens to like sad music when I'm sad to feel sadder, and to feel sorry for myself.

My guitar and singing was my way of crying.

I feel like artists that are always quite sad in real life always make really happy music, and artists who are really bouncy and bubbly always make really sad music.

I like to listen to sad music when I’m sad. It seems honest. It makes me cry, and sometimes a good cry is the only thing that can make you feel better.