Gene Pitney Quotes

I'd gone through the ups and downs and curveballs that life throws at you. I found writing to be very therapeutic and it helped me with a lot of the stuff I was going through.

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 think just because life is hard, it does seem fun to have a break and laugh about things, so I think in the end, my instincts go there.

There have been periods in my life where I have experienced depression. It has been through some of my darkest moments that I have written some of my best songs. For me, singing and writing is very therapeutic. It's much more effective than taking Prozac!

I find that people find a way out of misery through humor and it's humor that's often unacceptable to people who are not in quite such a state of misery.

Sometimes I yell at my cancer cells, sometimes I make myself laugh.

Comedy is a coping mechanism, and it helps us stay alive.

It was a relief to get dropped which is sad in a way because you never want to miss a game. But I was not performing and mentally I got to a stage where I was not concentrating and did not want to be there. I was not enjoying walking out there and feeling like I didn't know where the next run was coming from.

To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life.

Part of my therapy is to write.

As an artist, I think you always have to take care of yourself as a person probably even more than the average person because your body is so important to your art.

I really enjoy the therapeutic value of writing songs.

You don't need to exorcise your personal demons onstage.

When you feel the need to moan and groan, laugh with woeful recognition and eat flaky pastries. If you hear yourself taking the art of complaining a little too seriously, ask yourself what you're trying to accomplish, exactly.

Just writing and being in the studio was like therapy for me.

When I walk through that gate to the court, that's my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.

I've had to learn and discipline myself that I'm much happier and much less depressed if I give myself a project. It's just that simple.

I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity.

If I have a rough day, and I'm angry, I'll just go into Kirk Douglas and throw over a table. And when I need to lift my spirits, Kermit can always do the trick.

I put a limited time on the blues. I say, 'I allowed myself to be blue for four hours, and now I'm going to stop.'

Since the goal of my programs is to show audiences how humor can both help them heal as well as deal with not-so-funny stuff, I decided to discuss the events of the previous week, the pain all of us were feeling, and how humor and some laughter might be beneficial.

You know I think that going into therapy is a very positive thing, and talking about it is really helpful, because the more you talk the more your fears fade, because you get it out.

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.

A drink a day keeps the shrink away.

Where I am today... I still have my ups and downs, but I take it one day at a time and I just hope that I can be the best that I can possibly be, not only for myself, but also young people that are out there today that need someone to look up to.