Judith Durham Quotes

Any time you play your horn, it helps you. If you get down, you can help yourself even in a rock 'n' roll band.

When I'm shooting films, I write and play music when I come home.

Usually, I'll just sit down at a piano or with a guitar, and I'll just be relaxed and playing music. Because that's what relaxes your subconscious. That's why everyone from animals to humans love music.

I find a therapy in playing music, in many different ways.

My nervous system is very much weakened - nothing but painting in oil can keep me going.

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

Song-writing is therapy for me. I'm a very moody person, very difficult to live with. There's a lot going on and a lot of contradictions. My life is always one step away from disaster.

I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it.

I just feel very lucky to be able to write fiction because I think, otherwise, I would have had to spend a fortune on a psychiatrist - and I still wouldn't get 1/100th of what I get writing fiction.

For me, music is therapeutic, so the songs that came to me the easiest came from the most devastating moments of my life.

I love cooking; it's a very good way to get your mind off things.

The number of mystery and horror writers I've met who are just the sanest and the nicest people... it's crazy. Maybe it's because the writing gets something out of the system?

When life gave me tough situations, acting helped me cope with those situations.

At home I have a mixing desk that I like playing around on. It's great fun making music myself. And music has always been a very good counterbalance to football for me. It allows me to switch off and relax.

People have so much going on in their heads. I'm like, If you could write a song, you'd feel so much better!

I grew up teaching parts to choirs, and I love a whole group of voices singing as one.

I've been in therapy since I was five, but music goes way, way, way, way, way beyond therapy.

Playing video games, as funny as it might sound, it's a very important part of our day. Our schedule is so hectic, chaotic, demanding that we need an outlet. We need ways to express ourselves and let our energy out.

I love singing, and whenever I can sing some more vocal leads, I always covet the chance.

I write a lot because, if I don't, I start to panic, and I calm down when I write.

Making music has saved my life.

Harmony singing isn't meant to be done alone.

I just really enjoy doing it and I've always loved making music.

All I know is, I play the guitar, beat it out, and sing a song that has some damn resonance that we feel as musicians. We send it out and people get it, and that's a good thing.

I know for me, music was the best drug for anxiety. So that's why I wanted to write the music that I do, because it always suits my anxiety. It's a huge part of my life, and being able to make music that can help people with their anxiety is a huge thing for me.