James McBride Quotes

I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much . . . because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting.

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.

Comedy is probably a way of dealing with anxiety. Sometimes it's a way of dealing with pain.

Performing was how I was able to release this pain I had.

Just having someone make you laugh so hard that it hurts is so healing to me.

Music became a healer for me.

No matter what your heartache may be, laughing helps you forget it for a few seconds.

Since the goal of my programs is to show audiences how humor can both help them heal as well as deal with not-so-funny stuff, I decided to discuss the events of the previous week, the pain all of us were feeling, and how humor and some laughter might be beneficial.

If I couldn't laugh I just would go insane, If we couldn't laugh we just would go insane, If we weren't all crazy we would go insane.

When things are really painful, I turn it into comedy.

Humor is an antidote to all ills.

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

Humor is healing.

Laughter, and the broader category of humor, are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.

Humor does not rescue us from unhappiness, but enables us to move back from it a little.

Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.

Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.

For me, music is therapeutic, so the songs that came to me the easiest came from the most devastating moments of my life.

I had enough therapy to know when I broke it down, it became clearer to me: Yes, comedy was kind of a cleansing thing for me to do.

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

Sometimes, humor is the only way we get through the day.

I just put my anger and resentment into basketball. Even the stuff from my childhood.

We each have been betrayed. Let yourself picture and remember the many ways this is true. Feel the sorrow you have carried from this past. Now sense that you can release this burden of pain by gradually extending forgiveness as your heart is ready.

I don't think there would be many jokes, if there weren't constant frustration and fear and so forth. It's a response to bad troubles like crime.

Humor was a good way to hide the pain.