Kenny G Quotes

I'm a very emotional person. If I've got something on my mind, that would stop me from giving my best.

I try to keep away exterior events that are going to make me do something negative internally to myself.

Avoiding fear, sadness, or anger is not the same thing as being happy.

Whenever I'm having a bad day and have an attitude, I stay home. I keep it at home.

I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy.

I'm not a sad person, upset the whole time, but I seem to be quite emotional.

I don't feel my best right now, but at the same time, I'm not trying to find any excuses or anything.

I'm going to have my moody times.

There's nothing wrong with having a bad day. Let yourself feel those emotions because every emotion is validated.

I don't want to be walking around angry and feeling rage.

If you happen to be mostly depressed about the state of your life, I don't know whether you feel like doing impulse control.

People don't just get upset. They contribute to their upsetness.

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.

Well, you can't be depressed and sad 24 hours a day.

I cry so much less than I used to. I used to be one of the most teary people.

I don't torture myself.

I don't want to be the angry guy.

I don't have time to be depressed.

My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes, cry, rant, and rave, and at the sound of the bell, simmer down and go about business as usual.

I think there's a danger, for me at least, in retreating and going inward and depression. I have to stay diligent against that tendency.

Negative emotions will challenge your grit every step of the way. While it's impossible not to feel your emotions, it's completely under your power to manage them effectively and to keep yourself in a position of control. When you let your emotions overtake your ability to think clearly, it's easy to lose your resolve.

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.

When I say manage emotions, I only mean the really distressing, incapacitating emotions. Feeling emotions is what makes life rich. You need your passions.

The only thing to know is how to use your neurosis.

Words can make the illness a subject I can master, and not one that one simply emotes over.