Grace Jones Quotes

When I'm depressed is when I'm not interested in writing anything, whereas some people, I think, are spurred to creativity through their personal experiences and through depression. And for me, it's a very low place, and it's not fruitful.

We all know that being able to express deep emotion can literally save a person's life, and suppressing emotion can kill you both spiritually and physically.

Every movie I do, I always use things that have happened in my life. Funny moments, anything. If it just sticks out I'll write it down and use that, too, because it has to come out of you. But no one can work when they're depressed. I don't think I'd physically be able to do it if I were depressed.

Depression, if it's an unconsciously elected experience, is a luxury.

I think most human beings go through some sort of depression in their life. And if they don't, I think that's weird.

To me, I don't write when I'm depressed. If I'm depressed, which is actually rare, I'm not doing anything, you know, and I'm not able to do anything.

Although, my experience when I've been depressed, not only am I too depressed to sit down and write a song, I'm too depressed to pick up my feet. So if you can at least write about it, you're halfway away from it.

I wasn't creative when I was depressed. When my depression got treated, I was creative again.

I guess there are a lot of writers out there who get really inspired when they're depressed. I can't write about being depressed until I'm happy. That's all there is to it. I need space.

I suffer from deep depression, so my only release is music.

Depression is when you think there's nothing to be done. Fortunately I always think there's something to be done.

Im not crazy, Im just a little unwell.

With out art, without communicating, we wouldn't live beyond 30 because we'd be so sad and depressed.

I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.

My treatment ended in March/April of '08. It wasn't until the end of that summer that I started to feel I wasn't depressed. Even when I went on vacation to Saint Lucia, I was kind of depressed, even though it was such a beautiful place.

Depression and anxiety can't fit in your head if you're cultivating feelings of joy and inspiration.

Melancholy is no bad thing.

Depression, as far as I'm concerned, is just a waste of time.

I've led a charmed life. I've known people who have been depressed, and I've never had that.

You never really shake depression and that's a tough road you have to deal with.

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!

Writing is how I stay sane. It's completely necessary.

I seem to be able to get depressed quite easily without any reason.

It's like you asked me about the depression thing: you grope towards an understanding of whatever it is your going through, and it's not personal, there are forces in play around you, and you seek to understand them and that way you can go on.

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.