Gayle Forman Quotes

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.

Music became a healer for me.

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

I used the music kind of as therapy, and it's just amazing that I feel so free after doing that. I feel like I had it trapped inside of me and now I feel free. So it's been a very good therapy session for me as well.

It was nice to focus on things outside of my body. Music has always done that for me.

I cry all the time. Music makes me cry.

Music is therapy for me. It's my outlet for every negative thing I've ever been through. It lets me turn something bad into something beautiful.

We talk a lot on 'Biggest Loser' about how fitness is a natural antidepressant, how it burns off stress. What I like about running is that it gives me time alone. I'm always busy, with people at work, with my kids. I love getting out for a run by myself and just listening to my music.

Working out gives me the opportunity to let go and listen to my music; it's a big stress reliever.

Music kept me sane between acting jobs.

My music is really my therapy. I really lay all my feelings into the songs, and really just leave 'em there. I don't carry that weight when I'm going throughout life. I'm not sad all the time.

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

Music has always kind of been an escape for me.

Each time I seem to go through one of life's huge things, I want to play music.

I love to cry. It's great.

What music does to me, it helps me balance my inner pressure so that I can deal with the forces outside that are trying to pressure me.

I started to use music almost like a therapist, where it's like, everything that I don't really dare to say or speak about, I can sing about.

I'm an intense guy. I run 10 miles a day, which helps alleviate my intensity. Also, singing helps defuse my intensity. Playing the piano helps, and writing helps.

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

If the pressure is getting to you, whistle. In a barely audible way. It's the best way I know of to let go of tension. Music gets your mind off the situation, and the act of whistling melts the tension out of your body.

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.

The gym was my only refuge. I could put music on and dance around with my girlfriends and be silly.

Singing becomes a form of therapy.

Running is a part of my medicine. It's what helps relieve my stress, and it's what helps me get away from the concerns of business and anything else that's going on in my life that I need to escape from at times - to find who I am. Running really helps me with that.

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