“I've always written poetry but I didn't realise it was a therapy for me until I was maybe 15. That's when my singing started to come together as well because I was listening to so much jazz. What I love I will always embrace.” WellsTogetherWrittenListeningSingingEmbraceJazzTherapyRealising Author:Amy Winehouse
“I did some years of therapy and self-realization, and I just move and think at a slower pace - doesn't make me sound very smart! But really not reacting and doing more listening than talking, and letting people say what they need to say, and then maybe not saying anything at all.” PeopleThinkingNeedsYearsSelfMovingSoundTalkingListeningSmartSelf RealizationRealizationTherapyPaceReactingVery SmartSlower Pace Author:Natalie Maines
“When I go and write with other artists - a lot of the time it's with them - it's like a therapy session almost. I ask them what they're listening to and what they're going through and what their influences are and I try to get inside of their head and step into their shoes for a second.” WritingTryingArtistAsksStepsInfluenceListeningShoesTherapySession Author:Bonnie McKee
“I relate to that - he inspires me across the board. His music inspires me and reminds me to maintain honesty in the things that I do, to have an absence of fear. Listening to Earl Sweatshirt's music is like therapy to me.” HonestyInspireListeningMusic IsAbsenceRelateTherapyBoardsSweatshirts Author:Erykah Badu
“I was full of energy, and I had a lot of bottled up rage that would come out in my stage performances. It was therapy sessions for someone who couldn't afford to go to therapy, a way to release my frustration, my inhibition. When I was little, growing up in an abusive household, I felt like I didn't have a voice. Suddenly I was on stage and people were watching me and listening to me, so even if I was singing about something that didn't have to do with abuse, when I was on stage I could express all of the anger, the rage.” PeopleEnergyGrowing UpListeningSingingAbuseRageTherapyFrustrationAbusiveInhibitions Author:Alice Bag