Quotes About Healing

I mean, I get letters in the mail because I had a heart defect when I was one, I had surgeries and stuff. And so you get these letters in the mail that just, they are crazy, they are just like, yes, well our son is dealing with the same thing and we saw you on TV and I mean it is such a cool thing to inspire and kind of give hope.

I think, bad times, I sit down and I play - there's definitely certain songs that touch in certain ways. I go back to 'Moonlight Sonata' by Beethoven; that usually takes care of everything.

There is genuine healing in a beautifully crafted musical theatre song, like Stephen Sondheim's 'Losing My Mind,' or a pop music gem like Joni Mitchell's 'Help Me.'

I did an album called 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry.' I sang the song on 'Hee Haw.'

Song writing has been a lifeline for me.

I sing the songs that people need to hear.

We all maintained our connections and our friendships, which we've maintained over all these years. We still like each other, love each other, and we realize that this was a way to heal and a way to really bring Ricky back into the mix. I think a lot of the songs recalled that time in Athens with Ricky.

I think the greatest gift to me is that I can express myself in songs. It helps me get through some of the hardest times of my life. It also helps me celebrate some of the best times.

I think part of my job as a songwriter is to go back in my memory and pull up those pains for other people because somebody else is going to come along who didn't have a good issue with their father.

I'm not the only one who has ever lost somebody; I'm not the only one who was missing somebody. That's what I love about country music, that's what I love about songwriters, is being able to put out those words, those feelings.

My songwriting... it's almost like a kind of self-therapy.

Creating something beautiful out of pain helps ease the pain. So, that's kind of how I got to songwriting - quite honestly out of desperation.

I've always used songs and music and songwriting as a way to sort of let feelings go.

Songwriting was a gift that came to me when I needed it the most.

Recovery stabilized me; songwriting gave me a purpose.

In a lot of ways, songwriting helped save my life.

I'm grateful to songwriting and recovery to bringing me to a place of peace.

The purpose of my songwriting is to put the things I have been through in a song in order to help others who may be in a similar situation.

I'm just glad to be feeling better. I really thought I'd be seeing Elvis soon.

I feel like, with how medicine is evolving, something will be out there soon that can help you heal from arthritis. That might be what helps my longevity and pushes me to keep performing.

This disease, called COVID 19, will be over much sooner than you think. Christian people all over this country, praying, have overwhelmed it.

I sing because it soothes me, and I write because I want to let others know that they're not alone with their problems.

We want to get this good music to as many people as possible because I think it heals, it soothes, I think music is incredibly important, especially in today's chaos.

Singing soothes me. It is something that I have always been doing and will continue to do.