Sturgill Simpson Quotes

Music is so therapeutic for me that if I can't get it out, I start feeling bad about myself - a lot of self-loathing.

I use the music to vent, and a lot of the stuff that I am writing about or was writing about contained a lot of anger and anxiety, stress and depression, so that's how the album came out so dark.

Each time I seem to go through one of life's huge things, I want to play music.

I turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt.

I don't have a therapist, so I use me as my own therapist when I'm making the music.

I've always been one of those people that, if I am angry, I just hold it in. And I always kind of, like, wrote it in a song and put it aside for myself because it helps me get it out. It's almost like exercising; it's almost like that for me.

I write music, really, to make myself feel better.

Music is a very powerful thing. If I'm angry, I can write a song about it, and it seems to make everything okay.

I don't need therapy. I'm not going to see a therapist; comedy acts as my therapy. I put my problems out there. I talk about them. I talk about everything before anybody has a chance.

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

Music for me is not just being on a stage and singing. It's my coping mechanism.

I have been able to tap into all the negative things that can happen to me throughout my life by numbing myself to the pain so to speak and kind of being able to vent it through my music.

I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.

I start with something that makes me angry or confused, and then I write about it. It's a form of self-help.

Yes, there are times when I get extremely depressed and how I sublimate those feelings is through music.

Writing for me is definitely a form of ventilation - a way for me to cope and deal with emotions. I think it is for any writer.

I guess I usually write when I'm in a really intense headspace, because it's my form of self-therapy.

I didn't never have to go to a therapist. I just always put it in a song and you heard me.

With music, it's a therapy for me. So whatever I'm dealing with at the time, I talk about it when I rap.

I always write music if I'm feeling a bit rubbish and I don't know how to get over or through something.

I'm aware that as much as people like hearing and listening to my music, it's also very therapeutic for me to be able to express myself some way - how I'm feeling, how I'm thinking, and just saying what's in my heart and on my mind. I need to do that to maintain my sanity.

I've been in situations before where something was going on, and that's the only way you can kinda cope with it is to write about it.

I feel like music is sort of therapy for myself.

I wouldn't make it through the day without singing. It is my solace and my meditation and my release. It lets me know how I'm processing things, what I'm processing, if I'm out of touch in some area.

My music started as a way to break through weaknesses - like anxiety, which was completely taking over my whole life, where I could barely function.