Shawn Crahan Quotes

I believe you should find at least two hours of every day to spend doing the things that make you happy and relieve stress. I try to wake up a little early so I have an hour to work out and try to allow at least an hour a day to hang with friends.

The gym was my only refuge. I could put music on and dance around with my girlfriends and be silly.

I just have to express myself somehow, either through singing, dance or fitness. You get sick of it; you have days where you think you don't want to do it, but generally after I've done something, I feel better. That's why I do the exercise: to earn my bar of chocolate and cappuccino.

My family and friends and career are very important to me, but running allows me to be a better friend, a better family member, and makes me better at my career.

There's nothing that helps clear my mind and improve my mood more than sweating in a room with my friends to some amazing new music and feeling stronger and taller every time I walk out. It's truly incredible. I'm addicted. And the results aren't half bad, either.

I have to train in order to be happy.

You've got to do something, even if it's just to kick-start the day. I use music. And running.

You can go to the doctor a million times if you're feeling down, and get nowhere, but if you go for a run it makes you feel really good.

Working out, for me, is sort of a meditation.

I'm an intense guy. I run 10 miles a day, which helps alleviate my intensity. Also, singing helps defuse my intensity. Playing the piano helps, and writing helps.

Running started as a way of relaxing. It's the only time I have to myself. No phones or e-mails or faxes.

I'm a walker. I enjoy walking, which I think psychologically expresses my feelings of wanting liberation without exerting myself too much.

When I committed to playing a little tennis in some exhibitions, it was the best thing for me. It got me in shape. It got me out of the house. It got me doing something I love to do.

I found music to be the therapy of choice. I guess it is for a lot of people.

I do it as a therapy. I do it as something to keep me alive. We all need a little discipline. Exercise is my discipline.

Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise.

I go to the gym regularly, not just for the way I look but because it makes me less cranky, too.

I try to stay in shape just to handle things like the stress of a job or everyday life.

Resting for me is fitness training.

When we are busy at work and busy at home, an hour's walking every day becomes a real luxury. If done alone, the walk injects a period of meditation into the day, and if done in company, it allows space for some really good conversation.

Music is a weapon in the war against unhappiness.

I thought I would go out, and see if the air would make me feel any better.

I find a therapy in playing music, in many different ways.

I used the music kind of as therapy, and it's just amazing that I feel so free after doing that. I feel like I had it trapped inside of me and now I feel free. So it's been a very good therapy session for me as well.

I fight these strange personalities by getting into music.