Crystal Bowersox Quotes

I've always been one of those people that, if I am angry, I just hold it in. And I always kind of, like, wrote it in a song and put it aside for myself because it helps me get it out. It's almost like exercising; it's almost like that for me.

I can't say that I fully relate to things that I play. Sometimes it's nice to spend half the day crying; then you don't have to do it in real life.

You write it down because finally, when it's written down you do get it out of your system somewhat.

I start with something that makes me angry or confused, and then I write about it. It's a form of self-help.

One sheds one's sicknesses in books - repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of them.

Writing has become such an outlet for me that when I don't have it, I just get pent up.

I just feel very lucky to be able to write fiction because I think, otherwise, I would have had to spend a fortune on a psychiatrist - and I still wouldn't get 1/100th of what I get writing fiction.

I just write about what makes me sad, and then when I write, I hear myself. It's like therapy, where I write something sad and then I make it happier or hopeful.

I've been in situations before where something was going on, and that's the only way you can kinda cope with it is to write about it.

Writing is therapeutic. It helps you cope with issues that seem gargantuan at the time. The process of expressing yourself about a problem, editing your thoughts, and writing some more can help you control issues that you face.

One of the reasons that I think I do love to write is because I did have a difficult childhood and not so great teenage years. It always helped me escape from my problems.

There's no better way to process pain than to write.

It can be really powerful to write something when you're sad.

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

Music was my one way to vent.

I tend to write about my anxieties - it's what I'm afraid will happen. And I write a story working it out.

May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write down what you feel. It is sometimes a wonderful help in misery.

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

Writing helps me process things that are happening to me.

I guess I usually write when I'm in a really intense headspace, because it's my form of self-therapy.

I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it.

Performing was how I was able to release this pain I had.

Saying things on paper that I would never, ever say, and saying things to myself, admitting things to myself, about myself and my personality, just putting it on paper, is how I deal with emotional pain.

I find it easier to write about stuff that is frustrating.

We all need ways of processing things. I think I was called to music because it was this thing that was always there for me that I could pour my heart into safely.