Richard Simmons Quotes

No matter what you do for a living all we have is music to get through certain situations.

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

Music can get me through anything.

When I was going through sad times, I'd watch 'Cheers' at the end of the day to make me feel better.

Music is entertainment, and we need that in order not to fall into the pit of despair.

I think that's why I love music so much; I think if I didn't have music, I would be in a bad position.

At times of the severest depression, humor is what binds people together.

I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens.

Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is when they stay there.

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 guess I watch movies to make myself happier a lot.

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

I can't imagine not joking even at the worst of times. And for me, it's sort of automatic.

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.

Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me.

When you are totally depressed, you should try giggling. Just make yourself laugh. Force yourself to laugh.

When I'm depressed and I feel low thinking that good movies are not made any more, then I put on his movies and I watch them. I laugh and I cry and I have great pleasure.

I couldn't afford therapy, so I just watched 'Frasier.' Season 4 was a breakthrough.

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

Escapist literature gets a bad rap. But I think escape is important for a lot of people in a lot of places.

The show has become my therapy.

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

Comedy is saving me.

People who have any kind of illness use humor as a type of coping.

If you're going through a difficult time, and there's a piece of music that speaks to you - be it musically or lyrically or both - you are almost always able to access that music. You're always able to sit down with it.