Lisa Stansfield Quotes

It took me a while to understand that I do have a voice, and I can use it to help people.

I wrote the chorus specifically for 'Same Love' as a narration of my story. I decided to release 'She Keeps Me Warm' as an extension of the chorus because I felt like there was more that needed to be said.

I had a lot of songs and words and scenes stuck inside of me. So Jacknife encouraged me to bring them all out. So, in essence, 'You and Others' is my diary.

Maybe what I'm trying to do is heal others. I think what we're trying to do in theater is heal someone.

I also started writing songs because I had this burning activity in my heart and had to express myself.

I write for myself, and I write for my friends and people who I have a connection with. I try to give some dignity to peoples' lifestyles that tend to be ignored.

I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff.

I put my emotions in my music and I want people to relate to that.

If it has something of substance and a platform that makes sense, I can share my story. You can get a little more into my life, and I can mesh my singing with things I love to do and writing for others and telling my story in hopes of helping someone. I'm all for it.

Creativity, for me, is almost like therapy; my songs take you into the underbelly of my mind, and there's some dark stuff in there.

Music is the way I talk to people.

When I step on the stage and sing 'Wait for It,' I'm singing that for everybody. I don't mean I'm singing it for them; I mean, you are their voice.

Honestly, my goal is just to let people hear my story and just like, feed everybody that could relate to my story in any way.

I've been writing a lot of songs about my personal life and identity. That can be a real healing process.

The more I show what I'm going through, the more I can give answers, the more I can help those on the outside looking in.

I just block out the demons. I sing. I block them away. I put my pain into my music. I paint. I make my own videos. I direct myself. No one directs me anymore. I am in charge of my destiny.

If your child has something creative they really want to do, it's up to you, their parent, to help make that happen.

Back in the day, I was afraid to speak out. When I get music behind me, it feels like I can soothe the hurt and put it in vocals and say it to the room the way I feel it.

Even though I was super personal with 'American Teen,' I want to tap in and not just tell my own stories but tell the stories of other people - so that I can help as many people as possible.

If you're on the fence about speaking your truth or sharing your world with a greater audience, don't be. We need each other badly.

When you share your story and become vulnerable, the ripple effect and the people that you can help along the way is a life lesson.

I express myself through song when I can't let people in on my thoughts otherwise. I need the creative process.

I've been able to carve my way out with lyrics and melodies.

Wings' was my moment to free myself from everything that was destroying me.

By the time I got to songwriting, I had been faced with a lot of troubles as a result of my own collective of trauma. I was someone who instinctively figured out that writing songs about the struggle helps you with the struggle.