Kaitlyn Bristowe Quotes

Music really helps me. It's like a best friend.

It's kind of crazy how music helped me overcome the anxieties that I have.

The comments I most appreciate come from ordinary readers who've happened on one of my books at some time of stress in their lives, and who actually credit the book with helping them through a bad time. It's happened a few times in forty years.

Music has been my everything since day one. It's been my shoulder to cry on, my rock and my best friend.

Being able to sing all these years has helped me handle life's tragedies.

Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.

I don't really remember, but I'm positive that whenever I cried, my mother gave me something to eat. I'm sure that whenever I had a fight with the little girl next door, or it was raining and I couldn't go out, or I wasn't invited to a birthday party, my mother gave me a piece of candy to make me feel better.

Thank God my best friend's a therapist.

My three best friends get me through everything: I need cute jeans, my kids are driving me crazy, I'm throwing a party, whatever. They keep me dialed in.

The idea is to improve somebody's day. That's how I've always viewed my job. I'm a distraction therapist. I make people's problems go away for just a little bit.

If I'm driving to L.A. and have anxiety about making the drive, if I've got Peggy with me, we're cool.

I think places that need the rubber duck the most are the ones in distress.

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.

For me, calling my mom really helps soothe me when I'm spiraling. Having someone to talk to, whether it's a therapist, your brother, or a friend, can be such a positive thing.

The spoken word is man's physician in grief. For this alone has soothing charms for the soul.

My fans were probably the most therapeutic thing for me.

Going through something difficult in your life, music, for me, is always a friend and something that helps you to figure things out.

If you are having a hard week, turn on one of my songs. Some people are here for different things in life. My job is to make you forget about your troubles.

Mom was very protective of me. Her hands were gentle, and her touch was soothing. She always talked quite a bit, but she was bright and affectionate.

It's really important for me that the people who listen to my music get something that can hopefully help them get through whatever they're going through. Music is the only thing that's able to help sooth my soul in that way, and my goal is to always put things out there that that do the same thing for other people.

Sometimes getting something off your chest to someone else is an important step in coping - so you know that you're not alone, you're not failing, and that it is perfectly normal to feel overwhelmed or sad at times. Everybody does.

When I'm feeling awful, music is the only thing that releases the pressure. It's been the best psychiatrist I've ever had.

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

My dog, Ramen... is the only one that keeps me calm when I experience being close to a panic attack and when I feel that pain and heat in my chest. That's what emotional support animals do.

This business - the auditions, the anxiety - it's all so, aaah, crazy! But I can always call my mom in Cuba to be reminded of what real life is.