Chris Rock Quotes

I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.

I was an ego maniac with a self-esteem problem and that's what most addicts are like.

I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.

There's so much fear involved in trying to do something you don't know how to do that drugs and alcohol can become a big part of your life if you have an addictive personality or are very unsure, which most songwriters are.

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.

I was just a lot smarter about not getting caught. I mean, I never stuck anything in my arm, but I certainly enjoyed my youth.

I lost my second marriage because of drinking, and I loved the woman very much. But I thought I needed booze to write. I'm glad I was disabused.

Andrew Wood's death changed things for a few weeks. I probably got even heavier into drugs after that.

I don't know if I was born an alcoholic, but I was definitely born anxious.

The motivations for using drugs, often it's pretty obvious and common: you know, peer pressure. You know, kids are struggling growing up.

I drink to remember I smoke to forget / Some things to be proud of, some stuff to regret.

I was poisoning myself with alcohol and medicating myself. I was trying to numb things. I was trying not to feel things, and that's ridiculous. It's one of the dumbest things you can do, because all you're doing is postponing the inevitable. Someday you'll have to look all those things in the eye rather than try to numb the pain.

I can't stand when people use drugs as an escape. It's like, everybody suffers. Deal with your issues, you'll feel so much better.

The moment you believe your own crap and excuses, you fail.

Rationally speaking, blaming one's behavior on alcohol or drugs is like blaming the ladder by which you descended into a pit, or the staircase that took you down to a cellar, for what you found there.

Fear is an interesting energy that we all have to face. Some people step up and aren't afraid but still come up short. And some would rather cop out: "My shoulder hurts" or "I didn't give it my all." They can sleep at night.

I drink to forget I drink.

They couldn't do a drugs story on me because I'd already done one on myself.

I have a lot of friends who are trying to clean up their act, or that are still making trouble for themselves, so I'm definitely well-versed on what goes on in the mind and the heart of a person who self-destructs as their coping mechanism, and also what they're like when you take their preferred substance away.

Society isn't good at dealing with people who have something concrete to feel guilty about or who are dealing with a loss.

If people can't deal with their problems, they numb themselves a little bit.

I had the taste of the alcohol since I was 11. It allowed me to be clever, charming and to behave outrageously. Acting also allowed me not to be me. So I could indulge every fantasy in this paradise of America.

You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float.

I was left to painstakingly deal with the aftermath of my avoidance later in life, in therapy or through the lyrics of my songs.

But when alcohol comes in, start running. Because there's a demon there, and it goes back to her childhood.