Cupcakke Quotes

I've never contended that I had a really horrible life.

I don't remember the first half of my life. All I say is a happy childhood is the worst possible preparation for life.

You're not going to live your life unscathed.

I learned hard lessons in life; I had to because I had so much happen: My mother died my sophomore year in high school. The next year, same day, my brother dropped dead. Two years after that, I got married because my girlfriend got pregnant. The year after my wedding, my father - who I had only recently met - died.

I guess because I had such a horrible life growing up, going from place to place not knowing what I was gonna do and ending up being homeless, there was a lot of pain and a lot of anger that was coming out through my guitar playing.

I probably wouldn't be a songwriter if I didn't grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very scary to grow up in a household so unsettled and at times very violent. But, it also, I guess it earned me a sort of wisdom at a young age that's served me well.

Life is, and should be, a little hard. Getting punched in the face or getting an occasional concussion will probably happen to us all at some point in our lives. We can handle it.

Obviously, resilience matters. I was no stranger to adversity, but it's different when it's personal. Not something I would recommend.

I was kind of a tough girl. And I guess that came through, like, moving around, my parents getting a divorce, different step-families, and stuff like that. I'd been through a little bit more than most people who are just from Laguna Beach.

I was injured many times, but life is like this, and I have to accept this.

I know I'm not the only guy that's had problems in life. And it seems to me that a lot of athletes shy away from talking about things that may have happened to them or their families.

Oftentimes, experiencing tragedy very young can strangely give you a kind of equilibrium.

Sometimes things happen to people and they're not equipped to deal with them.

Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.

I think I'm a survivor. I could have suffered at least 100 professional deaths. I could come up with a list of the 100 times I've come closest to death, from having pneumonia as a child to car crashes.

When I was 19 years old, both of my parents died in the same year; my mom of cancer and my dad in a car accident. Through the next two or three years and a series of bad decisions - all my own, I might add - I ended up literally homeless, before that was even a word. I even slept occasionally under a pier on the Gulf Coast.

I'm not surprised that I tend to go for the dark side. I was a really scared kid, so I think I understand what scares people.

I've been lucky enough - well, maybe unlucky enough - to have had a lot of friends who have had their ups and downs. And for an actor, that's good. Life experience in any regard is good. So I've seen a lot and I've had my own experiences.

It's true that I suffered a lot, especially when I was younger.

I find titles the hardest thing. I was worried that 'Waste Land' was too much of a downer. For me, 'The Crash Reel' confronts what the film is about: it's not just about the reality of a crash, it's about the extremity we all face, and what happens when life crashes on you.

School was a very cruel environment, and I was a loner. But I learnt to get hurt, and I learnt to cope with it.

I've been through cancer, divorce, loss and bereavement, but they are things most humans go through.

When you have a tough childhood, you either cry or make a joke.

I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.

My family was actually homeless for several years when I was a kid. It's a bit unusual for a member of Congress.