Mary Steenburgen Quotes

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

I reach for funny books all the time to help me get through life.

Whenever I'm sad, I just put on 'SpongeBob' and I cheer up.

Got an issue, get a tissue.

People don't want drama 365 days a year. I'm a sense of relief; it's my job to take your mind off what's bad for that brief second you're in the room with me, regardless of shape, race, colour or anything. It brings people together, and it makes me feel good about what I'm doing.

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.

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.

Whenever people are faced with any sort of adversity... they tend to gravitate toward things that make them comfortable, and things that they feel are important.

I sort of look at music as helping me get through situations.

I think in the darkest moments, we need a break.

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

Humor can help you cope with the unbearable so that you can stay on the bright side of things until the bright side actually comes along.

No one is depressed when they're asleep, which is why being in bed is such a safe place if you're really down.

I think a sense of humor will help get a girl out of a dark place.

Music can get me through anything.

I don’t care if it’s dog piss. It makes me feel better.

I couldn't have made it without knowing how to use laughter to get from one day to the next.

I find that if the day is terrible but I worked out, at the end of the day I can go, 'Well, I had a good workout'. Almost no matter what happens.

I was sad and in a dark place, and I turned to a hobby to sort of take me out of that.

Music is a wonderful way of healing and helping get through things.

Everyone asks me about why I care about anime and football so much, but that's because anything dark that happened in my life, those two things would make me feel better. I just used to sit in front of the TV and watch football and breathe a sigh of relief. You know what I mean? It's another world. An escape.

Music has healed me on so many different occasions, and I want my music to be able to do that for someone else.

The mad thing is, most of my life, when I'm not in a dark mood, it's been humour that's got me through. The only way to get through this business is by laughing.

I think people tend to cling to music when times are hard.

Music became a healer for me.