Leo Kottke Quotes

Acting gives you freedom to express your thoughts.

Onstage is the one time in my day that I can let it all out.

I do find acting cathartic.

Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes the pressure off the second.

Writing has become such an outlet for me that when I don't have it, I just get pent up.

I save the rage for the stage.

I'm someone that needs to talk about my problems. I call my mom every single day at school just to vent about random stuff. Singing is the same thing.

Dancing is one of the best ways of expressing yourself, and I definitely use it to release emotion.

Acting, for me, was therapeutic. It was a way of expressing yourself.

I really sing songs that move me. I'm not in show business. I'm in the communications business. That's what it's for me.

I find it hard to talk and say things, but I can always sing about them.

Part of my therapy is to write.

Growing up, I wasn't as comfortable expressing myself as I am now, and I think that's why I chose acting: because it's acceptable to have your feelings. It's a place that they want you to feel. Whereas in life, growing up, it was 'Be quiet!' and 'Keep it to yourself.'

We all have an escape. Mine was theater.

What's the point of a song if you can't be honest?

We all sing about the things we're thinking; musicals are about expressing those emotions that you can't talk about. It works a real treat.

A women under stress is not immediately concerned with finding solutions to her problems but rather seeks relief by expressing herself and being understood.

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.

Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.

Singing becomes a form of therapy.

I don't know what makes a guy want to write songs and sing, but if you've got a message, you want to get it across. When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song.

I love stand up and it keeps me grounded, to say the stuff I have been thinking without anyone changing it.

Yeah, to me, acting is very therapeutic. I get out a lot of anger and frustration.

I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing.

As a stand up, and often in acting, there is no place for the most intense feelings. Rage, genuine sorrow, naked hope... These things don't fit on a comedy stage and if you act you'll get to express them once in a while. Music is a place for the intensely personal.