Musical Outlet Quotes

Since the inception of Gym Class in 1997, every member has had another musical outlet, if not three or four.

If you've got a problem, take it out on a drum.

Rock n' roll is the music where you can get away with pretty much saying everything, and it's OK. You can say truths in really interesting and good ways and really express yourself through it.

In our world, as artists, the only time I'm allowed to express myself is through song.

My guitar and singing was my way of crying.

I wasn't popular in school, I was Mexican, I was all these inappropriate things. I started playing the ukulele and taking it to school, and I realized people liked listening to it. I would play it to comfort myself at home, and I'd play rhythm and blues songs that had four chords. That's how it started.

My outlet is my music, and it's been this way since I was 4 years old.

Music is an outburst of the soul.

Composing is an emotional thing.

I write songs, and there is a definite need to express myself through my music.

I'm a compulsive musician, but it's also a bloody good way out of having to do anything else.

Panic! at the Disco, for me, has been an outlet to do whatever. I never felt like there were any rules. It was always carte blanche. I could do whatever I wanted. There were no rules set yet for the band. It just felt right.

I wanted to do pop music, and I wanted to dance. I wanted all this because that was me. This is my inner performer, that is what it wants, this is what my heart wants.

I don’t have a problem baring my emotions in music. That’s one of the reasons I’m glad to have music in my life. I’m pretty resilient as far as being a human being. A lot of songs write themselves.

I write songs because I have to write them, and if I didn't I'd be doing some other kind of music that didn't require a song.

I did a lot of choral music in high school, and that was kind of my primary, stable outlet for music because I didn't feel comfortable being a soloist. It was a cool, safe space for me musically.