John Prine Quotes

When things are really painful, I turn it into comedy.

Comedy is probably a way of dealing with anxiety. Sometimes it's a way of dealing with pain.

You learn to laugh at yourself, and you also lean on comedy as a crutch to kind of take the edge off because comedians often are self-deprecating, and they cross lines that they shouldn't. Stuff like that brings a smile to my face every once in a while when needed.

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

Humor reminds you, when you're flattened by sorrow, that you're still human.

Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.

I'm a big believer in, no matter what you go through in life, as long as you can laugh your way through it, you're going to be okay.

When we can find some humor in our upsets, they no longer seem as large or as important as they once did.

You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.

And I definitely gravitate toward people who use laughter to pull themselves out of the abyss.

Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.

If I couldn't laugh, I'd rather die.

Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.

People always ask me how I manage to find humor in so much bleakness. I think this is almost a necessary skill to have.

Sometimes, humor is the only way we get through the day.

Comedy is a coping mechanism, and it helps us stay alive.

I think funny comes from tragedy and time. And I think that's where I get it. I'm able to take things that are serious and sad, and turn it into funny. In all honesty - this is after a lot of therapy - I think that, you know, I need love from something, and so now, I find it through performing.

I never would have made it if I could not have laughed. It lifted me momentarily out of this horrible situation, just enough to make it livable.

There are a lot of questions I keep asking myself about why I do comedy. I guess I laugh to keep from crying. And I guess if you ever get me crying, I might not stop. This is the way I look at tragedy or else I'll cry.

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers.

I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much . . . because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting.

You have to laugh at yourself, because you'd cry your eyes out if you didn't.

We laugh, that we may not cry.

If you don't laugh, you're going to cry and people are crying. That's why I guess you have lots of people like comedians to keep us laughing.

I've looked at the world for quite a few years now and I've found that if I don't laugh, I'll probably end up crying." - Prince Kheldar of Drasnia