Janis Joplin Quotes

It took me a long time, but I don't feel as anxious about stupid things anymore - or perhaps they've just been replaced by more complicated stupid things.

Maybe I think too much.

I'm just not in a place in my life where I worry about something unnecessarily.

I think too much.

Basically, I have to stop overthinking.

When I'm not working, I think and I think when I get depressed.

Yeah, all those things, responsibility, pressure. It's a bit stressful. I try and come to terms with it by not thinking about it.

Sometimes on sets, I shut down, try to focus.

Anxiety is a natural thing humans have. You know, that's how we evolve. That's how we are, you know, we think things through. Sometimes my mind just thinks things through a lot.

I am neurotic, but I live with it. I think most people are, anyway.

At the end of the day, I can end up just totally wacky, because I've made mountains out of molehills. With meditation, I can keep them as molehills.

If I could change one thing about myself I'd be less highly strung. I find my sensibility quite high maintenance.

Everyone drinks more during a recession; they want to forget.

I'm a worrywart, so I'm always a bit more stressed out than I should be or wish I was.

Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.

I'm not looking for pity, I'm really not, but I'm constantly uneasy and every day it is pretty much like getting up and going to war. Once I shift into the mindset of 'Yeah, you're alive. It's tough. Let's do what we can today,' it's easier.

Probably I have more phobias, fear and eccentricities than I would care to admit. I don't think I'm in danger of losing my mind, but I do often question my own behavior. I have a very bad temper, and it's not always healthy for me and for others. I make my way in the world more difficult, and I could do with a little more yoga.

We think too much and feel too little.

Procrastination is your body telling you you need to back off a bit and think more about what you are doing.

The only way I've been able to keep my sanity is to pull back when I feel like it's time to pull back.

You just wish you could lobotomize yourself and just do a thing that's really on instinct. There's always a certain self-consciousness. And you worry about that.

It's been a very strong force for me over the years. I don't know exactly why. For some people, fear can be a very useful thing. They can use it to recognise there's something missing, and heal themselves. But fear can also destroy some people. I think I'm the first type of person. I'm pretty anxious, always thinking 'what if?' about the bad stuff.

I was embarrassed this spring when corona came. Everything in life had been so fast and seemed so important and then I realised the kind of stress that I allowed myself to be under, and I was embarrassed.

I was losing sight of myself and started to get anxiety and stress. You work at such a pace and you don't have time to sit with yourself and think.

Most people would focus on concentrating more, and I can't do that. It almost makes me overthink a lot of my things. I have to focus on not thinking.