Dave Davies Quotes

If I don't get in the studio, I don't have no therapy.

Putting beauty in your life can be an amazing therapy. I love harmonies and a good melody.

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

Part of my therapy is to write.

When I started music, I think it was responsible for keeping me sane, because training as a dancer really kept me in good spirits amid all the crazy stuff that happened when I first became popular.

Since the goal of my programs is to show audiences how humor can both help them heal as well as deal with not-so-funny stuff, I decided to discuss the events of the previous week, the pain all of us were feeling, and how humor and some laughter might be beneficial.

It sounds cheesy, but music has saved me in a lot of ways. If I had just continued acting, I don't think I would be alive.

I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.

Writing is how I stay sane. It's completely necessary.

To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life.

It became my solace. Because it's the only thing structured in my life right now. Training is sort of a therapy session, I guess.

When I am stressed, my No. 1 reliever is my music.

I was having a bad day, and my friend said, 'Go wash your hair.' I thought it was really silly - but it made me feel so much better. It might be a small thing, but it works. Washing it off and starting over.

I believe that music in itself heals and that everything is about the power of the mind. I thought if you are happy, you don't get ill. Your health is in your head. When you are satisfied with your work, you don't get ill.

Just writing and being in the studio was like therapy for me.

There are people who have benefited from therapy without being confronted with the past at all.

I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity.

Anything that instills a sense of hope will at least temporarily help treat depression.

It's incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It's about understanding myself. Sometimes I'll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It's become part of my routine.

A drink a day keeps the shrink away.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

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 started cooking out of middle school depression.

I believe in the healing power of the arts, and whenever anyone can bring art into anyone's life, it's a special thing.