David Whyte Quotes

Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends.

Music was always ever present when I was growing up, and it's continued to be the most important and intrinsic part of me. It kept me from going off the rails as a kid, and it gave me rare purpose and self-confidence that I couldn't find from anything else.

The most rewarding thing for someone like me is for someone else to find solace through my music.

I get tons of messages every day telling me, 'Your music has provided me with answers.'

Friendship is the allay of our sorrows, the ease of our passions, the discharge of our oppressions, the sanctuary to our calamities, the counselor of our doubts, the clarity of our minds.

I don't know if music can change the world overnight but I know that music can help someone make it through a difficult night.

It's part of the calling to at least do a few songs in the show that give people some hope. There's so much hurt in this world and... music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles.

Stories can encourage us and embolden us to face ourselves and to feel. Stories can make us feel less alone. If we're reading a story that moves us, we can feel that emotion that I feel towards my father or mother or girlfriend. So they can give us late-night company.

Music has been my everything since day one. It's been my shoulder to cry on, my rock and my best friend.

I like poems that inspire, that make us think and reflect. It's like putting love into the world for whoever picks it up.

There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.

I believe in the power of poetry, which gives me reasons to look ahead and identify a glint of light.

The best music, you can seek some shelter in it momentarily, but it's essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.

Every single day, I get letters - very moving, overwhelming letters - testifying how much my books have meant to people in times of crisis in their lives, when they were very ill, say. If I ever doubted that writing could play an important part in people's lives, I don't doubt that now.

Writing is something I should have done more of, it's a form of coming home.

People are lonely. They want company and your book can provide them company and a little bit of hope. And there's nothing wrong with that.

My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn't dare do themselves.

I don't know why I write what I write.

People are looking for inspiration, and my books are sometimes the vehicles of what people are looking for.

Writing is the supreme solace.

People tell us they have been inspired by our music to do great things.

I'd asked around 10 or 15 people for suggestions. Finally one lady friend asked the right question, 'Well, what do you love most?' That's how I started painting money.

Music will bring you through... It brought me through.

In 'Art as Therapy', we argue that art is a tool that can variously help to inspire, console, redeem, guide, comfort, expand and reawaken us.

When I felt upset and lost, music always had the answer.