Quotes About Healing

The need to be cared for is the base of everything. In the penitentiaries, you won't hear gangbangers and criminals say, 'No, I don't want to be cared for by nobody.' When you care about them, they'll open up to you.

I had a lot of issues in my life after my brother died in 1972, that I carried through to my adult life.

'That's How Strong My Love Is' carries a message that resonates with the broken-hearted, and most of us have been there.

It's hard to be clear about who you are when you are carrying around a bunch of baggage from the past. I've learned to let go and move more quickly into the next place.

I've always loved singing and the catharsis of it.

With 'Guzaarish' I went through a catharsis.

There's something about a catharsis that is very important.

I couldn't carry on straight after doing 'Mother,' it was really hard. Getting my anger out was a catharsis but it was also selfish and indulgent.

I do find acting cathartic.

I think when you're at your best as an actor, it is cathartic.

Having the opportunity to express myself through music has been extremely cathartic for me my entire life.

Writing is very cathartic for me.

Returning to running has been a really cathartic experience.

It's really cathartic to play my songs live. I'm a really non-confrontational person, so my songs are kind of like all the things I never get to say to anyone.

I have always been a great fan of albums that are cathartic and that you can listen to them together and you can relate to them as a group of people or as friends.

Boxing was really cathartic for me.

I think it's very cathartic to have someone to talk to.

It touches on drug use. I got caught up in that for almost two years.

My father's violence is the central fact of my art and my life.

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

But back then the thing that saved me was the music, and it's certainly the music that saves me now. The music, my family and my friends and everybody around me.

I had a really kind of yucky divorce and it was really challenging to get over that.

Of course when you lose your parent, it's like one chapter in your book of life ends. It's difficult but it's a part of life and you have to accept it.

I have been in love with somebody in my past who lied to me, who cheated on me, and I tried to make it work. But I'm not that girl anymore, and that's been something I've been so proud of.