Ian McLagan Quotes

When I am stressed, my No. 1 reliever is my music.

When I'm feeling stressed out and overwhelmed, sometimes I'll read a book. But most of the time, I will either listen to music or play music. I'm basically always playing music, even if I'm not stressed!

I used to get into the government car and switch on Chopin or someone I liked to hear at the end of a parliamentary day.

I use music in the operating room to help create a healing environment for patients and staff. There is a reason that certain heart rates are healthy and certain beats of music heal and relax us.

I had to listen to the classical music because it calms me down, calms my nerves down.

Football sometimes is stressful. Music is more of a kind of laid-back type, chilled-out kind of activity. It kind of keeps me balanced, I guess.

I'm very fond of classical music, especially Mozart. I find it relaxes me and helps me concentrate.

If things aren't going well, music is what I turn to so I can get away from it, to take my mind somewhere else.

I have a couple of things I do to clear my head when I need it. The first is exercise, the kind of exercise that makes me lie on the floor afterward gasping for breath and wonder if I'm actually going to be able to breathe enough to not die. The other one is playing music.

When I'm shooting films, I write and play music when I come home.

I found music to be the therapy of choice. I guess it is for a lot of people.

I get migraines a lot. I get them when I'm stressed out. My brain freezes, and I just try to get through that.

As for what I listen to after writing, it could be anything - but I've noticed that if the current book contains music from one tradition, it is music from another tradition that most relaxes me.

Usually, I'll just sit down at a piano or with a guitar, and I'll just be relaxed and playing music. Because that's what relaxes your subconscious. That's why everyone from animals to humans love music.

Football management is such a pressurised thing - horseracing is a release. I'm also learning to play the piano - I'm quite determined - it's another release from the pressure of my job.

If you pour some music on whatever's wrong, it'll sure help out.

When I try to relax, it's more Swedish rock, softer music, and I go out and do fun stuff. I play guitar, but it doesn't matter really what it is - just something that keeps you away from hockey.

Every night, I have to read a book, so that my mind will stop thinking about things that I stress about.

I can't sleep without the TV on. It doesn't matter where it is. I don't like silence. My ears ring from loud music.

Rap music is really good when you're traumatized.

To be honest, I know this probably sounds corny or whatever because I'm a musician, but listening to music really helps me relax and calm down - listening to my favorite songs. Also, laughing and hanging out with my friends.

I like to be in pain when I'm getting massaged. That way I know I'm getting my money's worth.

I have a couple of basses in my office. And I try to be courteous of my co-workers, but sometimes I get carried away and I crank up my amp and I rock out. It's kind of my stress reliever.

One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.

Music really is our daily medicine.