Jeannie Mai Quotes

Music stops you from thinking.

I love to cry. It's great.

I love pouring my heart out. People don't want to hear you whine when you're with friends, so you can sing about it instead - it's the best outlet.

I think I have a lot of internal energy, which does need to come out.

Fashion is that thing that saved me from being sad.

Music is so therapeutic for me that if I can't get it out, I start feeling bad about myself - a lot of self-loathing.

I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.

When things become peculiar, frustrating and strange, I think it's a good time to start painting.

If you force yourself to smile, within a couple minutes, you feel happy.

Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around, and it felt like there were 25 extra pounds of gravity on my shoulders. It's like you're mute or something.

I didn't never have to go to a therapist. I just always put it in a song and you heard me.

I don't journal that much, honestly.

I want people to feel the times where they don't feel good. You should dive into those emotions, because that's what I do with my music.

I write about what's on my mind. It's like a stress reliever.

I feel like my music at least allows me to release the other side of me, a more vulnerable and sensitive side.

People have so much going on in their heads. I'm like, If you could write a song, you'd feel so much better!

I use my clothes to make my day better - for example, if it's a dull day, I'll wear something bright to cheer myself up.

If I'm down about something or having problems with something, I can write it down and get it out.

When I play music, I realize that it filters emotions. I believe that peoples' voices are expressed in their emotions, and I try to do the same with my music.

When I sing, I feel calm.

If I'm kind of sad or depressed, it doesn't necessarily help me to write a song about exactly what I'm depressed about.

I very much enjoy writing about positive, direct emotions.

I'm aware that as much as people like hearing and listening to my music, it's also very therapeutic for me to be able to express myself some way - how I'm feeling, how I'm thinking, and just saying what's in my heart and on my mind. I need to do that to maintain my sanity.

I write about what is getting to me at the time, about the things you need to talk about, but which would sound silly if you sat down and told them to your friend. I only write for myself, to get my emotions out. It's self-therapeutic.

Often, I write to feel better and to heal - to cope with things that I'm dealing with. I'm either writing to get out of a feeling or to get into the feeling, to feel it more. Usually it's the perfect remedy, but if it isn't, I focus on other parts of what I'm making that don't involve writing. If neither are working, I simply forfeit the day.