Hank Ballard Quotes

I know some people will be surprised to hear it, but I've found that my music, whether its blues or rock, or whatever you want to call it, can be channeled into a positive direction that actually helps people.

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 fight these strange personalities by getting into music.

I think everyone should sing - it's so good for you, as it makes you breathe deeply, and it's good for you emotionally, too. It's a brilliant release way of lifting the spirits.

People have so much going on in their heads. I'm like, If you could write a song, you'd feel so much better!

Music really helps - singing is huge because it releases all the endorphins and gives me a real thrill. But I still have bad days.

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.

Any time you play your horn, it helps you. If you get down, you can help yourself even in a rock 'n' roll band.

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.

I love pouring my heart out. People don't want to hear you whine when you're with friends, so you can sing about it instead - it's the best outlet.

Singing becomes a form of therapy.

I find a therapy in playing music, in many different ways.

When I'm having a bad day, I pick up my guitar.

Music is my release.

I only ever really take out my guitar when I'm miserable, which isn't necessarily a very good time to do it.

Rap music is really good when you're traumatized.

The only thing that's helped me get through some really hard times was just being able to write and express - it's very cathartic for me. I'm hoping that, by writing and performing for other people, it affects them the same way.

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!

Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around, and it felt like there were 25 extra pounds of gravity on my shoulders. It's like you're mute or something.

But I really love music, and having a creative outlet is really the best thing you can do for yourself.

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.

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

Music is my release.

Music was a big outlet for me. Being able to play an instrument and sing was definitely a good way for me to escape things I was dealing with: family issues, growing up, being a kid and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.

If I hadn't had acting, I would probably have imploded.