Buddy Guy Quotes

I was on my own for a long time before I married Neil, and now I'm on my own again. I've kind of gotten over the separation and divorce. I'm capable. I can do this.

People say, 'Oh, God, how devastating to go through a divorce.' Did I wish for this to happen to my family? No. But everyone is healthy; we're moving on with our lives.

Anyone who's been through divorce will know that every day is really hard.

When you're going through a divorce it's hard.

There comes a crossroads in every marriage where you grow together or grow apart. I outgrew Len. He wanted me to be in that leather jumpsuit for the rest of my life and do nothing else. He constrained me. It got to a point where the marriage died or I did.

Divorce is hard and painful and complicated, and something you have to grow through.

I honestly think being single's great. Being in a relationship's great. It's all about the timing.

When I got divorced, it was another culture shock. It was going from this world I had been into since the age of 16 to literally standing on the streets of New York in kind of shock.

I don't have children, and I'm not in a relationship, so I have the time to devote to myself.

Being single isn't all that bad, as you can be selfish and focus on yourself and your career.

Anyone who goes through divorce goes through a very hard time.

I was looking very much for a career. My second marriage to Stan Herman had ended, and I wanted very much to be independent, not take alimony from him, be on my own, do the right thing.

Music became a healer for me.

But my activities have been pretty much focused in the last almost 30 years on the recovery, of my own recovery, the understanding for my family of my recovery.

I went from being married to living on my own in L.A., to having a new boyfriend and just being totally self-sufficient and super independent. It's awesome. I love it!

I had to learn - since I'm divorced now and everyone is like, 'Oh my God, you're single, what's going on?' - that if I don't like to spend time with myself, how can I ask someone else to enjoy spending time with me? I'm getting to learn how to enjoy my solitude and have a good time.

I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now.

It's not easy to walk out on a marriage and two young kids, and it's the most difficult thing I've ever had to do.

I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through.

I no longer need to be someone's wife. I'm doing okay as I am.

When everything is lonely I can be my best friend.

My parents' divorce made an important change in my life. It affected me. After that, when I can't play Wimbledon, it was tough. For one month I was outside the world.

Someday, when I manage to finally figure out how to take care of myself, then I'll consider taking care of someone else.

Everyone knows that when you go through a divorce, it's a really difficult time for both parties and you've all - you believe, you both believe, individually, that you've put your best into it.

I had to walk away from America, and say goodbye to the biggest part of my career, because I knew otherwise my demons would get the better of me.