Judith Durham Quotes

Songs say what our emotions can't. I love that about music.

I could hear and feel music going on in me, and I couldn't get it out. You can always depend on a guitar.

Music has always been my constant, my salvation. It's cliche to write that, but it's true.

Music can be transformative, utterly transformative. The act of music is utterly transformative.

Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living.

When I'm in my normal mood, music drips from my fingers.

I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is something I need.

Around me, there's always music playing. It just calms me down; it soothes me. It helps me write. It helps me with my mood.

Whenever I'm obsessed about anything, that becomes the subject of a song.

Music should be some kind of nourishment.

Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am.

I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.

Music is one of the most essential things in life. It is what teaches us.

Life can be challenging and sad... but music is the easy part.

It's not a special taste. An American composer should have something to say to a cab driver.

Music is a great natural high and a great natural escape.

Music is a lady that I still love because she gives me the air that I breathe. We need all sorts of nourishment. And music satisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony.

Music has always been a great solace for me. It's still something that gives me far more joy than movies, I must say. I love movies, too. But somehow, music can transport you. There are so many different kinds of experiences you can have with music.

Music gives us new energy and a stronger sense of purpose.

The most important thing about music that I've learned after all this time is that to me, it's a way of reaching the truth.

Music can help you through any kind of emotion. It can help you through a break-up, make you dance, or help you realize or understand something about yourself... and if I can sing a song and make someone feel those things then I will feel like I have made a difference.

I'm not a man of many words, I'm not very expressive or emotional, but it comes out in my music.

My music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know who influence me.

Having the opportunity to express myself through music has been extremely cathartic for me my entire life.

I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.