Emmanuel Jal Quotes

When I started music, I think it was responsible for keeping me sane, because training as a dancer really kept me in good spirits amid all the crazy stuff that happened when I first became popular.

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

If the pressure is getting to you, whistle. In a barely audible way. It's the best way I know of to let go of tension. Music gets your mind off the situation, and the act of whistling melts the tension out of your body.

I believe that music in itself heals and that everything is about the power of the mind. I thought if you are happy, you don't get ill. Your health is in your head. When you are satisfied with your work, you don't get ill.

When I say music saved me, I don't say that lightly.

I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.

I think music can heal your soul if you'll let it. It can also bring you up if you're down. It can also bring you down if you're too up. It's a mood thing.

Music kept me sane between acting jobs.

It took me a long time to figure out how to deal with pressure.

I be getting high just to balance out the lows.

Music became a healer for me.

Each time I seem to go through one of life's huge things, I want to play music.

I definitely have an alter ego that can come out and get me out of situations where I'm having social anxiety. I can take a deep breath and create a bubble so I can perform in some way.

As you get older, challenges arise that you aren't prepared for, but what got me through it was music.

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.

Meditation was a turning point for me. It helped me deal with a lot of stress and has given me a lot of relaxation.

My music started as a way to break through weaknesses - like anxiety, which was completely taking over my whole life, where I could barely function.

I take a breath when I have to.

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

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.

It sounds cheesy, but music has saved me in a lot of ways. If I had just continued acting, I don't think I would be alive.

I listen to music when I'm feeling down or just a certain way. I don't know what I'd do without it!

When I get into a bad mood, I do sports and then everything's OK. And then I go and make decisions, however painful they may be.

Music is so therapeutic for me that if I can't get it out, I start feeling bad about myself - a lot of self-loathing.