Kurt Vile Quotes

We all go through sad times, but I was brought up to be positive.

I'm just like anybody. I have my ups and downs.

There's a way of dealing with hardships that are healthier than going out. That's what I've learned.

You know, I've had my ups and downs.

You cannot escape anxiety … but I have faith that you will rise above your fears.

You can have ups and downs, and I know that as good as anybody because I've had them.

I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now.

In my life I've gone through a lot of really hard times. I went through depression and had so many challenges that I overcame. And I overcame because I just decided to be happy.

I don't waste time being depressed.

I know there's millions of problems in the world, but if you dwell on those, then you're going to be miserable. I think my meditation helps me to transcend and get beyond the grip of all the negativity and regenerate from within a more positive attitude, which comes in very handy when you're going to do 150 concerts a year.

I was born with a happy heart, and I try to keep a good attitude. It's not true that I'm happy all the time because nobody is, and we all go through our things.

While I still have more good days than bad days, I'm going to keep playing.

You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.

I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.'

So, we have choice, and sometimes it seems very hard, but the best way to heal physically or emotionally is to keep positive.

A lot of the problems I had with fame I was bringing on myself. A lot of self-loathing, a lot of woe-is-me. Now I'm learning to see the positive side of things, instead of, like, 'I can't go to Kmart. I can't take my kids to the haunted house.'

I don't look at myself as suffering.

Depression taught me the importance of compassion and hard work, and that you can overcome enormous obstacles.

You write the way you think about the world. My motto in times of trouble - and I'm speaking of life, not writing - is 'no humor too black.'

The message I want to give my fans is, always have a way to pull yourself out of the dark place. Don't sit and cry about it. Have your moment, and then get over it.

Now I'm starting, relatively, to think straight again. I live one day at a time, one hour at a time. What makes it all worthwhile is my children.

I try to make the good days great and take something positive from the days I'm not feeling good - work on technique or something like that.

I have so much chaos in my life, it's become normal. You become used to it. You have to just relax, calm down, take a deep breath and try to see how you can make things work rather than complain about how they're wrong.

I'm by no means an expert at giving advice on depression, but I would say that a lot of my show is about making the decision to be happy. We all think that happiness is something that just falls into our lap. But it's something you have to really work on.

I did go through a bit of a dark time during the years I was trying to be a mom. But I'm basically a very positive person.