Gerard Malanga Quotes

I guess trying to throw my body into the guitar is so natural for me that I don't even know how to explain it. I can't imagine life without it.

Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.

I think I had a shyness about me, I think I discovered acting as a way to break out of that and as a way of belonging, a sense of being special.

In everything I do, I find some of myself, or a lot of myself, and put it into the role.

I think that art, and making music or comedy, is a way of positing yourself on the map and then trying to find other people out there with you.

I had to figure out that finding my place was not about race but about creativity, and connecting with other artists helped me find my voice.

I write in order to belong.

Expressing oneself is like a drug. I'm so addicted to it.

I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.

Guitar is the best form of self-expression I know. Everything else, and I'm just sort of tripping around, trying to figure my way through life.

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret, perhaps that is it.

If I walk away from music, I walk away from myself.

I've always used poetry to explain myself to myself. These things just sat in my psyche and then came out.

Poetry is a sort of homecoming.

Whether it be in acting, music, or even in dancing, I only want to do things that I truly connect to, and with my music, it's everything that I am.

Part of the very impulse of writing for me is actually wanting to get away from myself.

Some people like to paint trees. I like to paint love. I find it more meaningful than painting trees.

I'm the most communal person that exists and a very solitary person. So I think writing is a form of getting to the community and being alone, and it's the best of both possible worlds.

I was going to middle school in Berkley, and I did not fit in at all. Like a lot of kids, I found theater to be a good place for me.

I choose to express myself.

The most important thing about music that I've learned after all this time is that to me, it's a way of reaching the truth.

All art to me is an empathetic act. Whoever's telling a story is trying to transfer emotion into someone else.

One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds.

If you meet me, you might not get to know me. If you hear my music? You'll get to know me.

How do I tell people who I am? Not being a writer, the only way is to sing songs that reflect my opinions.