Susan L. Taylor Quotes

It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more, and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer all the time. I don't want to be the queen of pain.

It's okay', you know? It's okay to be you. It's okay to just not be okay. It's okay to not be okay.

Sadness is a super important thing not to be ashamed about but to include in our lives. One of the bigger problems with sadness or depression is there's so much shame around it. If you have it you're a failure. You are felt as being very unattractive.

I've had to find my sanity.

It doesn't hurt to feel sad from time to time.

I'd like a male to listen to my music and find it kind of fascinating, what a girl goes through when they get heartbroken or get sad or get hurt by something.

Government can supply bread, but it can't mend a broken spirit.

I'm not a tortured soul.

I want people to feel the times where they don't feel good. You should dive into those emotions, because that's what I do with my music.

I've accepted now that it's okay not to be okay. It is okay to be upset, and it is okay to need to talk to someone.

Anxiety is loves greatest killer.

I will always try to be happy. I don’t think people really understand the value of happiness until they know what it’s like to be in that very, very dark place. It’s not romantic. Not even a little.

Your heart is not a wound to be poked at to see if the scab is ready to come off. You can be healed of that very old pain, if you’ll just let it happen. (Marianne)

I was in a very deep, dark slump, and I needed to find a way to get myself out of it. I had to force myself back out into life, back out into experiencing things.

When I was a kid, I needed to sing because it makes me feel good about myself. It makes me feel good, period.

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

People that go through what I went through and people going through divorce, it's really a difficulty process; it's heartbreaking and it hurts really bad. It can really mess with your head.

There are times in my life when I haven't been happy. Sometimes it's not even physical, it's something else. The key is identifying why you're unhappy and doing whatever you can to fix it in a healthy way.

So I'm not worried about the emotions I carry with me, because I'm happy that I have them; I think it's good for the work I do. The emotions that are not healthy are the ones you hold inside, like anger.

Love yourself instead of abusing yourself.

You shouldn't be ashamed of your pain. You have the right to have your pain treated.

Depression is close to me, but suicide hasn't been.

I know many beautiful people and their lives are just so terrible. They feel so uncomfortable with themselves. Being comfortable is not about what you look like, but how you feel.

I think it's important that we don't all have to hold our heads high all the time saying everything's fine.

If you're gonna fall apart, do it in your own bedroom.