AJ Tracey Quotes

I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens.

We all have movies for times in our lives when we really need something.

My parents were going through a divorce, and I used to go spend all weekend at the movies to get away from it all. There was something about the sameness of the movies. It was a place for me to go to express my emotions, you know, and let it out.

Music was my solace, my refuge.

I don't want to go too deep, but football and 'Dragon Ball Z' were the two things that, when I was going through a hard time when I was younger, kind of gave me an escape.

I think people tend to cling to music when times are hard.

People don't want drama 365 days a year. I'm a sense of relief; it's my job to take your mind off what's bad for that brief second you're in the room with me, regardless of shape, race, colour or anything. It brings people together, and it makes me feel good about what I'm doing.

At school, I always felt the art room was the place where you could sit and talk. It was a place of solace. I wasn't the best artist at school by a long shot; it was more the understanding and the support that came from that room.

When I needed to think or was really upset, generally I climbed a tree.

I feel happy and secure when I'm on my bed with a good book... I forget everything which is terrible in our world.

'Blind Date' was my lifeline. It was 90 minutes when I could forget about everything, forget about the world.

Music is like my security blanket.

The world at large doesn't always make sense to me, and there are safe havens. Linda Manz in 'Out of the Blue' is one of them.

The show has become my therapy.

Hearing that people read my books when they were sick, or that the books helped them find an escape when they were having a hard time... stuff like that makes all the hard work pay off.

When I was going through sad times, I'd watch 'Cheers' at the end of the day to make me feel better.

Maybe I'm too sensitive to the struggle, but I think a lot of people that listen to music are trying to escape.

If I were in the middle of some kind of legal issue, I would get in my car and drive to Fenway. I'd get to the game early and sit in my seats and say, 'I'm home, I'm happy, and I love it here.' It was my therapy.

I find solace in immersing myself in my work.

Books afford the surest relief in the most melancholy moments.

A lot of stuff that I dealt with - music was my serenity, like kind of my safe place, my haven that I would just use in order to really just get away from the things that I saw every day. To kind of erase the things that I saw. So I stayed playing.

It became my solace. Because it's the only thing structured in my life right now. Training is sort of a therapy session, I guess.

Music has been my everything since day one. It's been my shoulder to cry on, my rock and my best friend.

If things aren't going well, music is what I turn to so I can get away from it, to take my mind somewhere else.

Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.