John Lee Hancock Quotes

Every year, you need a couple of weeks to energize as a coach and get back at it.

True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me.

I have to take time occasionally to get away from the pressures of this business. If I don't, I think I would get stale, and that would show in my music.

Everyone needs to take a vacation from the sort of automatic things you do.

The things that prey on my mind in London seem to disappear as soon as I find myself in a different environment. Survival mode kicks in.

It's almost therapeutic driving there and driving back (to North Carolina), with the time you get to think about things as well as create checklists.

Occasionally, I just need to escape from my work or be reminded of the comparative bliss of my own life, so I pick up a novel.

My juices needed restoring. I needed a sabbatical from the record business.

This hiatus coming up I'm looking at a comedy because I need the balance.

There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.

I think recharging is important, absolutely. Every now and then, you need maybe a couple of weeks to just chill out and let your emotions balance themselves out a little bit.

You have to disengage at some point in order to be fresh.

I was so happy to go to prom so I could have a mental break because I've been working so hard. It felt so good to feel normal for once, and then the next day, I was in the gym again.

My job is to give everyone a chance to catch their breath and step back from all this and get back to work.

I don't need a vacation in the traditional sense, like I would if I had a job I hated.

I think I'd go mad if I didn't have a place to escape to.

Do whatever rejuvenates you. It might be a cooking class, cocktails with the girls, or just private time with the hubby. We all have our moments where we run out of steam because we've given everything we've got to everyone else. Whoever decided that was a good thing? It's not. Everyone needs to refuel.

At the end of any really long tour you need to get your head in order.

I did not stop dancing; I did take two years off to get myself together.

I love going to the spa; it rejuvenates me and leaves me happy.

Of course, the idea of a six months' holiday is enough to make anyone laugh at anything, but I find that besides that I was a good deal harassed and run down, and I am glad to cut off from everything and start fresh. I feel miserably selfish about it all the time.

For me, real life is hard work. Making movies is like a vacation for my soul.

'Saving Grace' was a full stretch-out - literally, physically, spiritually, psychologically. And I needed to take a year-and-a-half off when it was over.

Positive vacations have a significant effect upon energy and stress.

It's hard to get burned out or uninspired, man.