“I've always been a freak and different, oddball even in my childhood and my own family, so I can relate to people who are struggling and trying to find their true identity. I do not sit in the seat of judgment. .. I love people for who they are. We're all God's children.” PeopleTryingChildrenI CanDifferentMy OwnStruggleChildhoodIdentityJudgmentRelateSeatsFreakBeing DifferentFreakyIndividual DifferencesTrue IdentityOddballs Author:Dolly Parton
“Sometimes, reading my own media, the negativity can upset me, but I just deal with things on a positive basis. I mean, I have up to 20,000 people singing my words back to me on a nightly basis - they share my hopes and fears, and they relate to my own life experiences. Life can be pretty isolating, but that connection is always amazing.” PeopleMeanSometimesReadingMy OwnDealsShareMediaSingingConnectionsBasesRelateUpsetLife ExperienceNegativityMy Own LifeHopes And Fears Author:James Blunt
“When I did 'Dancing With the Stars,' I got literally thousands of emails from people saying, 'We relate to you. I've been divorced. I'm raising kids on my own.' Or, 'You've had money. You've lost money.'” PeopleKidsLostStarsMy OwnDancingRelateEmailDivorcedRaising KidsDancing With The StarsLost Money Author:Marie Osmond
“It was really hard coming to terms with the Nazi history. Then in my twenties I was traveling to Germany. There was a lot of poetry activity and some of my first readings abroad and trying to relate with people my own age there and what they were discovering and learning had to examine in terms of their backgrounds. Then so many of my friends had family who had either perished in the holocaust or survived in the holocaust. It was very palpable.” PeopleTryingFirstsHardAgeReadingTermMy OwnActivityMy FriendsTwentiesBackgroundsRelateGermanyHolocaustDiscoveringSurvivedNazi Author:Anne Waldman
“I just try to use my own life to build a human song: something that people can relate to in some way. It's not like the psychiatrist's couch or anything.” PeopleWayTryingHumansUseSongMy OwnRelateCouchesPsychiatristMy Own Life Author:Iron & Wine
“But work that's got real substance does make people feel, "There's someone else out there who relates to my experience, or who just helped me understand my own experience a little bit better." And I think that's still got enormous value.” PeopleThinkingFeelsLittlesDoeStillsRealValuesBitsMy OwnLittle BitEnormousRelateSubstance Author:Edward Norton