Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden Quotes

The 12 years I was in Fleetwood Mac before were not particularly happy years. I was not in a very good place, psychologically, when I left. I didn't have a lot of confidence in what I was doing.

I have no desire to look at myself.

I believe that behind both the person who weighs 400 pounds and the one who weighs 85 there is a lot of baggage, and it has nothing to do with their bodies.

There used to be a real me, but I had it surgically removed.

Half the ills we heard within our hearts are ills because we hoard them.

I have my moments. Ever since I was a boy, I never was someone who was at ease with happiness. Too often I embrace introspection and self-doubt. I wish I could embrace the good things.

Being down makes you think who you are.

My instincts tell me that you will spiral into a very unhealthy place if you start pondering about how other people think about you and, quite frankly, I don't want to go there.

Everything becomes so problematic because of basic faults: from a discontent with myself.

Depression, if it's an unconsciously elected experience, is a luxury.

I'm the one who has to look in the mirror, and after a while it begins to eat at you.

It's tough being me.

Musicians are probably the most uncomfortable people in themselves in the world. Happiness, I think, only exists when you're a child and once you go past 11, unfortunately it's gone.

We all have our inner demons.

I think everybody's got their insecurities and hang-ups. Everybody! Unless you're an idiot.

Depression is internal. The upswings and downswings have pretty much nothing to do with what's going on in the external world. It's not like something sad happens to you and then you feel sad. Good things happen, but you feel sad anyway.

Who you are vs. who you wish you were: Who wins?

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

I'm so glad I spent 10 years being sad and lonely.

I don't get along much with myself.

Whenever we feel shame, it's a mark of some deep investment or deep internal struggle.

You need someone to ground you because if you start believing that your public persona is your only and real persona, then you're looking at a very long and lonely old age.

I don't make much of comparisons in general, it's not how I think people construct themselves and I don't think it's a healthy way of dealing with your own reality.

I try and feel good, and the only way to do it is to see myself in the mirror and to know that I'm still a single piece.

All depression has its roots in self-pity, and all self-pity is rooted in people taking themselves too seriously.