Seinabo Sey Quotes

I sing my life. It's like I'm having group therapy 350 days a year, and the people who come to the show get that, and they're there for that - whether it's to be lifted up, or to be lifted out, or just entertained or inspired, or to feel not so alone.

Music became a healer for me.

Thank God for beautiful songs about feeling despair when you yourself are in despair. They really get us through.

When you watch someone on TV go through something that you're going through that's difficult, it lets you know that you're not alone, and there's nothing to be ashamed of.

Sitting on a bedroom floor crying is something that makes you feel really alone. If someone's singing about that feeling, you feel bonded to that person.

If I get in a dark spot, I'll listen to some Adele and cry about it.

It's extraordinary to hear from people who are bereaved, or gone through a divorce, and they still take the time to tell me how a certain track or album helped them through tough times, or kept them sane.

Music is a wonderful way of healing and helping get through things.

Part of the healing process is sharing with other people who care.

Being able to sing all these years has helped me handle life's tragedies.

I found music to be the therapy of choice. I guess it is for a lot of people.

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

Music was my one way to vent.

Music for me is not just being on a stage and singing. It's my coping mechanism.

People think my work is therapeutic. I don't see it that way. It's not like I'm saving money from a weekly therapy visit by writing down my life.

I don't have a therapist, so I use me as my own therapist when I'm making the music.

Music is my release.

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.

I write music, really, to make myself feel better.

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

I wrote the song 'Angels Standing By'... to try and soothe myself - rock myself to sleep, basically - because I was so scared and stressed.

I feel like everything I write about is a gift I need to share because there is somebody out there going through a similar thing that might need to hear it. I know music helped me a lot. And still does.

When you see a struggle that you may be having personally put on a big screen and in a roomful of people, then it makes you feel less crazy or alone, because you're seeing that other people are dealing with it too. You get to see in this imaginary scenario how people might try and answer some questions or deal with some problems.

Music is my release.

Performing was how I was able to release this pain I had.