Aldous Harding Quotes

I know there's millions of problems in the world, but if you dwell on those, then you're going to be miserable. I think my meditation helps me to transcend and get beyond the grip of all the negativity and regenerate from within a more positive attitude, which comes in very handy when you're going to do 150 concerts a year.

Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we're taking on too much, but because we're taking on too little of what really strengthens us.

I'm not looking for pity, I'm really not, but I'm constantly uneasy and every day it is pretty much like getting up and going to war. Once I shift into the mindset of 'Yeah, you're alive. It's tough. Let's do what we can today,' it's easier.

There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.

Probably I have more phobias, fear and eccentricities than I would care to admit. I don't think I'm in danger of losing my mind, but I do often question my own behavior. I have a very bad temper, and it's not always healthy for me and for others. I make my way in the world more difficult, and I could do with a little more yoga.

Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them.

I'm just not in a place in my life where I worry about something unnecessarily.

As far as the regrets go, that's just not part of my makeup.

I'm just a perpetually confused and terrified person that is trying to be less so all the time, and music is the byproduct of that.

I just take it a day at a time, and that's how I get through each day.

Fear is often our immediate response to uncertainty. There's nothing wrong with experiencing fear. They key is not to get stuck in it.

I'm learning what triggers me. What to stay away from. What I do like and what I don't like. To me, I've learned so much about myself that now I'm a stronger person. But I still deal with anxiety. Anxiety doesn't go away.

One thing I'd like to do better personally is decompress. Obviously when things don't go your way, you'll be thinking of it all the time.

My therapist says I still haven't got in touch with my anger. Maybe one day I'm going to explode. But I'm still really happy. I know it looks like a strange and painful upbringing - all those experiences led me to the paths that I'm on now.

The truth is that stress doesn't come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances. It comes from your thoughts about these circumstances.

I always say I am a realist, and my mom says, 'No, you just have anxiety.'

Get away from the place that makes you feel comfortable with your depression. The reality is it's never as bad as the insanity you've created in your head.

My greatest fear is fear. Ooh, meta.

I was never at my best when I was at my worst. When I did do good stuff in the past, it was because I was able to transcend the parts of my being that weren't healthy.

Look closer at the stress in your own life and you can identify that negative emotions are always built on counterfactual statements.

That was just my own personal program: I didn't want to get too high over the good moments because I didn't want to be saddened and depressed when things didn't go as I had planned.

After 'Oz,' I've learned how to check out and not let that stuff get in.

When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself.

Fear is a question. What are you afraid of and why? Our fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if we explore them.

In treatment, all of the negative things I did were stripped away and I had to start processing my feelings.