David Lidington Quotes

Considering what Americans have been confronted with in the last ten years, domestically and internationally, it's clear that we need emotional outlets; we have to have some peace from our problems.

When you feel bad, find a person to talk to and cry with, to tell of your anger and other helpless feelings.

I cry all the time. I love to laugh, too. It's important to create an environment for yourself where you feel what you need to and don't hold it in.

I've been in therapy since I was five, but music goes way, way, way, way, way beyond therapy.

It can feel like your whole world is caving in on you, and if you don't speak about it, it gets worse. You have to talk about your problems.

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.

Don't shame the young for releasing their pent-up fear.

Once you just tell yourself, 'OK, I'm going to have a breakdown right now, and I'm going to cry for an hour, put my phone away. I'm going to go swimming, and then I'm gonna make my family dinner and lay on the couch and watch 'Ru Paul's Drag Race,'' once you accept that it's not the day and you can just have a breakdown, you're over it.

I spent a lot of my life holding back my cries, and I want to change that because it's not good for me.

I am a human being. When you are frustrated, you do cry. It's more than once that I cried.

I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity.

My routines come out of total unhappiness. My audiences are my group therapy.

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.

I fight these strange personalities by getting into music.

I'm for whatever gets you through the night.

I hold a lot of things in. I'm always making sure everybody is okay. I usually don't rage; I usually don't curse. So for me, it's a great thing to be able to scream and say whatever I want.

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've taken my cue from people here and from viewers, especially survivors-who said, 'When it's time to literally flip your wig, you'll know.'

I wrote the song 'Angels Standing By'... to try and soothe myself - rock myself to sleep, basically - because I was so scared and stressed.

Talk about your problems. There's no need to feel shy. It's always good to talk about issues that concern you.

Therapy? I don't need that. The roles that I choose are my therapy.

Music really helps me. It's like a best friend.

I get tired too, just like everybody else. Sometimes I tell people that, but all I get is people saying that being vulnerable and weak is just not like me. I rarely get the response of emotional support I want. But sometimes I need it.

I couldn't afford therapy, so I just watched 'Frasier.' Season 4 was a breakthrough.

Across the Atlantic, commercial therapy of all kinds provides so many more comfortable outlets for people when they are under pressure. The English tradition is to get a grip, whereas the American version is to get in touch with your feelings, to say: 'I'm a good person. Isn't it terrible when bad things happen to people like me?'