Petra Collins Quotes

If it weren't for painting, I wouldn't live; I couldn't bear the extra strain of things.

I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.

If I hadn't had acting, I would probably have imploded.

If I hadn't had the outlet of writing and drawing comics, I guess there's a good chance I wouldn't be around today.

I reckon I'd be probably, like, in the gutter somewhere if I didn't have music.

I think that's why I love music so much; I think if I didn't have music, I would be in a bad position.

If anyone would have been paying serious attention to my puppet shows, I would have been sent to therapy very young.

I'm pretty terrible at writing, so the way I kind of therapeutically get through things is by drawing.

Therapy is therapy. Writing is for writing.

It sounds cheesy, but music has saved me in a lot of ways. If I had just continued acting, I don't think I would be alive.

Writing is my salvation. If I didn't write, what would I do?

Comedians don't have a monopoly on suffering. But creative people are sometimes fortunate enough to be able to incorporate their most traumatic experiences into their art.

I've suffered from an identity crisis my entire life. It's why I went into acting.

I think poetry was always where I went to deal with my deepest feelings.

If I didn't have my films as an outlet for all the different sides of me, I would probably be locked up.

The only thing that's helped me get through some really hard times was just being able to write and express - it's very cathartic for me. I'm hoping that, by writing and performing for other people, it affects them the same way.

You have to find a way - and thankfully for me, it's been music - to separate yourself from the racial identity. It's not easy, and I continue to work, God bless, and I'm really, truly appreciative of it.

I was going mad. One day, I just started writing, and it was like therapy because I was in a position where I couldn't rage. I never expected to be a writer; it's a different world than I ever expected to be in.

I didn't never have to go to a therapist. I just always put it in a song and you heard me.

I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another. In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize faces, so I'm sure it's what drove me to portraits in the first place.

When I first started making music, it was where I went when I couldn't express myself, when I wasn't able to connect with other people, when I couldn't talk about what I was going through.

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.

When life gave me tough situations, acting helped me cope with those situations.

I'm so thankful that I had music to turn to in the dark times and be able to understand myself through it.

Arts can save children, no matter what's going on in their homes.