Jimi Hendrix Quotes

I turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt.

I've always been one of those people that, if I am angry, I just hold it in. And I always kind of, like, wrote it in a song and put it aside for myself because it helps me get it out. It's almost like exercising; it's almost like that for me.

Music is a very powerful thing. If I'm angry, I can write a song about it, and it seems to make everything okay.

Writing for me is definitely a form of ventilation - a way for me to cope and deal with emotions. I think it is for any writer.

Yeah, to me, acting is very therapeutic. I get out a lot of anger and frustration.

Music was my one way to vent.

I always channeled what I felt emotionally into skiing - my insecurities, my anger, my disappointment. Skiing was always my outlet, and it worked.

I think I cry when I'm angry. I let it go that way.

I guess I usually write when I'm in a really intense headspace, because it's my form of self-therapy.

Making music has always made me happy. When I go through a situation, the best way for me to get over it is to bundle up all of my emotions about it, put it in a little shell, create something, and then let it go.

I believe everybody should have a room where they get rid of all their releases. So my room was a stage.

If I have a rough day, and I'm angry, I'll just go into Kirk Douglas and throw over a table. And when I need to lift my spirits, Kermit can always do the trick.

I always wrote poetry as a teenager and it was always so dark, but it made me feel good to get it out.

I've learned that football sometimes was an outlet. It was a way for me to release anger, release frustration.

Acting is always therapeutic.

Acting is a sort of pressure cooker that allows the fizz to come out the top. God knows what I'd be like if I didn't have that.

I start with something that makes me angry or confused, and then I write about it. It's a form of self-help.

Acting probably saved my life. It gave me a home and a safe place to let out all of my emotions and have it be okay.

I'm free from holding personal anger because I can express what I want through my music.

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

I have a lot of aggression in me that needs to come out in a not-very-precise or articulate way.

Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me.

For me, acting was a way of taking destructive energy and doing something productive with it, and in that way it was quite a life saver.

Writing is my therapy. My feelings build up inside of me and then I sit down and write a song.