Brittany Howard Quotes

I'm just not very comfortable talking about my emotions on a normal, day-to-day basis.

I don't like talking about myself and I don't like talking about the work.

I'm a shy person. I don't know if it's in my DNA to share with the world.

I'm very free with all my emotions, whether it's happy, sad, mad, glad, whatever.

You can't shelter it. You can't hide it. You have to let people know what you're going through, what you're feeling, what you think you have that's a problem.

I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.

You've gotta share what's going on in your mind.

Never be ashamed of what or how you feel... just be honest.

I'm a very open person. I like to talk a lot about what I'm going through. It's how I cope with things.

I'm very quiet. I can go a whole week without talking, so doing interviews is really awkward for me!

Some people are uncomfortable saying what they feel.

For a long time, I couldn't tell somebody how I felt or I couldn't talk about my problems because I felt like I was complaining. Writing would help me or it would be like, I can't tell you how I feel, but I can play you a song.

Seeing guys in their most vulnerable state talking about their bodies gives me an opportunity to talk about everything. Once they open up about their appearance, then usually they are willing to open up about pretty much everything.

I feel like when I say something sad, I mean it.

Doing interviews after a game, you can't give your true emotions. You can't tap into them. So when you do that for so long, you go into acting and it can be difficult to suddenly just be open and vulnerable.

When I was growing up, I think I was expected to be seen and not heard. You're this little, nerdy kid; no one wants to hear about how sad you are. Nobody wants to hear that you feel lonely.

It is in my nature to be a little shy. It takes time for me to talk to people and trust them.

Some people do want to stand on the rooftop and scream out their story. Others are cowering in the corner, or sitting with a blank face in class, and not knowing how to tell their story.

It's not that easy to find someone I can relate too. I'm tough to crack because I'm shy.

I don't really like being emotional. Public displays of emotion, I don't really do that sort of stuff. I don't know why. I would like to be the type that doesn't worry about that.

I've been the type of guy, I've always been very forthcoming with how I feel. And that it doesn't make you less of a man to like go and be like, 'This is how I feel about you. This is the truth.'

I love to make songs out of some of those shadows - you know, some of the things you lie awake thinking about, social anxieties and romantic insecurities and all that stuff.

Me being a shy kid, very closed off, showing vulnerability in a character was sort of a safe space on stage. It's always been in my toolbox, there for me when I need it.

I'm shy in my personal life.

Sometimes I feel like I used to be a person that liked to express himself a lot and put my feelings out there.