Ray William Johnson Quotes

The keyboard is my journal.

You know, some of the good part of blog theory was that blogs would be like diaries that the world could read. They would be spontaneous, whatever pops into your mind, as a diary would be.

I am a blogger - that is an amazing thing for me, because it captures a moment in time every day.

For me, blogging is just like talking.

I wasn't quite used to writing a diary - I didn't understand why people did it - but I wrote down notes and they went into a poem.

I'd say, at the end of the day, you know, from a songwriting practice standpoint, you write songs to make yourself feel something true and validating, and cathartic, maybe, and then whoever responds to it is, like, out of your control.

I filmed my first vlog and I think it worked because I wasn't trying to make it work. I was just doing it for my own enjoyment.

I try to view my YouTube channel as a logbook of personal interests.

People need songs to belt out in the shower. Even if everyone else doesn't need that, I need that.

The idea - or, if you like, the need - to write and record 'Lash Out' was born of a feeling within me.

I think blogging, by and large, is basically therapy. And I'm sure, and I know, that there are some terrific bloggers and some legitimate bloggers. But I think, by and large, a huge percentage of people who are blogging are doing it for self-therapy.

I'm putting out music that I love, and they're basically just stories of my life and how I try and teach myself to think about things. They're kind of like notes to self, basically.

I feel it's much easier to be honest or be myself in songs when I'm playing. That's why I felt, 'You know, I'm going to write the truth.'

For me, I've been doing comedy for a long time, and I love it and have no regrets, but 'Chernobyl' expresses a side of me that is far more true to who I am on a day to day basis.

When I make my music, I try and speak to me. I try to go back and hear it, so my music gets me through the times, you know what I'm saying?

My films are always a reflection of where I am in my life.

Everything that I do is very autobiographical. I'm trying to be as much of an open book as possible and give the audience every single piece of me.

I started blogging as a hobby, not really thinking anyone would read my site, just my friends.

All my collections are based on something I like or something I'm dealing with. They are always deeply personal.

When I started my first blog years ago, I just wanted to share my perspective. For a long time, models had been these mute pretty faces - and I wanted to have a voice.

When I write songs, I try to remove myself a little bit. Obviously, they're very personal to me, but it feels easier if I feel like I'm writing characters.

Sometimes I have some stuff in my head, man, you wouldn't believe. But I can go to the studio and talk about it. That's my way of releasing.

I've used songwriting as a tool, I've used it as a way of being able to talk about how I feel.

Film songs have so many creative limitations, but a private album is like an autobiography that reflects your state of mind.

I'm not really the type of person who is going to make heartfelt, 20-minute vlogs. That's just not really who I am.