Matt Hardy Quotes

I have a passion for music, and I enjoy the process of expressing myself within the parameters of a pop song, and I don't do it to seek anybody's approval, necessarily. Obviously, you go on stage, and you enjoy it when people respond to a particular song, but the overall concept of playing music I do for myself.

Music was the one thing that was just mine, and no one could take it from me. I created it, dictated it, and it made me not able to let go of it.

I find in music there's a space and a language I can use to express things in ways I can't describe conversationally.

I love playing in front of people. I feel powerful, 'cause I don't have to really say anything - I'm just singing.

Singing allowed me to express myself in ways that I wouldn't be able to do otherwise.

I had very strong feelings, so the chance to make a film that deals in an imaginative way with stuff you care tremendously about is a real high. It's a really amazing thing to be able to do.

Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad situation.

The thing about my music is, there really is no point.

When I write, I don't have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might reach.

Because there is so little room for expression otherwise, a lot of people love cinema because they find it a way of expressing themselves.

For me, acting was a way of releasing all of this stuff that I had inside - and a way for me to tell the stories of the people I knew, so that their spirit could live through me.

'Wild Hope' just felt like such a selfish venture to me. It was a way for me to get out of my head, get some clarity on certain situations, and finally be a part of something that I was completely behind creatively and proud of.

As a musician I'm about expressing what's inside, and I think everyone has a song in them that they need to get out, whatever their gig is.

Music is my release.

Country has been a wonderful outlet for me.

For many years, there has been only one place where I am in touch with my emotions fearlessly, and that's the stage. Being on stage fills my soul in many ways, almost completely. It's my vice.

Acting is such a personal thing, which is weird because at the same time it's not. It's for the consumption of other people. But in terms of creative outlets and expressing yourself, it's just the most extreme version of that that I've ever found. It's like running, it's exertion.

I think theatre is by far the most rewarding experience for an actor. You get 4 weeks to rehearse your character and then at 7:30 pm you start acting and nobody stops you, acting with your entire soul.

Getting on stage is a bonus, that's my therapy, that's when I can tell stories and it all makes sense.

Music is my release.

If I wanted to do something on stage, I wanted it to be something I could really get into and feel.

I feel like my music at least allows me to release the other side of me, a more vulnerable and sensitive side.

I think that anyone who is in any way creative or is creating something, whether an architect or fashion designer, I think if you have the opportunity to create something that is fully you, it frees your mind and your spirit and gives you the opportunity to really find yourself.

The music is the thing. I am not writing for critics; I don't want to become a personality.

So if you ask those people who say they're standing up to boo Roman Reigns because, 'We don't like him,' 'Okay, would you pay to see Roman Reigns get beat?' 'Oh, absolutely! I'd love to see him get beat.' He's doing his job because people pay to see him.