Les Paul Quotes

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

When I'm singing, it's like I'm at home. And music is a great healer. I think I'd have been a basket case if I hadn't been a singer.

When I'm having a bad day, I pick up my guitar.

I only ever really take out my guitar when I'm miserable, which isn't necessarily a very good time to do it.

Music is a very powerful thing. If I'm angry, I can write a song about it, and it seems to make everything okay.

It's self-soothing for me to draw. So if I'm upset, drawing makes me less upset.

Music kept me sane between acting jobs.

Music helped me, growing up: it very much felt like a companion and made me less lonely.

I find writing to be a great stress-buster.

I wasn't thriving socially, so I stayed in my room and played guitar all the time.

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

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.

What music does to me, it helps me balance my inner pressure so that I can deal with the forces outside that are trying to pressure me.

Any time you play your horn, it helps you. If you get down, you can help yourself even in a rock 'n' roll band.

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.

My experiences in the military, the private sector, and as a congressional staffer were at times almost enough to drive me crazy. Writing offered the all-too-often-cited creative outlet.

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

I turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt.

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.

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.

Music was my one way to vent.

Music for me is not just being on a stage and singing. It's my coping mechanism.

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.

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

I fight these strange personalities by getting into music.