William H. Gass Quotes

I have a lot of aggression in me that needs to come out in a not-very-precise or articulate way.

I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic.

I've always had that feeling for the dark side, for the anger and the hate-rock. The music is just the way I deal with it.

A lot of these guys come up and say, 'Man, you were my influence, the way you thrashed the drums.' They don't seem to understand I was thrashing in order to hear what I was playing. It was anger, not enjoyment - and painful.

I actually feel something in my chest open, a feeling so intense, it’s like my heart’s about to burst. And I just let it. I just let it out.

I write books to relieve ­myself of pain. That's the prime motivator to write. Period.

I see writing and acting as different parts of the same continuum. Writing is better for intense emotion. If you're very angry about something, you shouldn't present it as strongly when you're acting. But if you're really angry and writing about it, that's the best way to get it out and across.

I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul.

I think rage is so ugly.

I think anger and laughter are very close to each other, when you think about it.

If I ever stopped being angry, I couldn't write anymore. How could I?

I think I cry when I'm angry. I let it go that way.

If I'm on a bus and someone makes my blood boil, I'll pocket those emotions and put them in a song.

I guess I probably make violent films partly because I can't express my anger in my real life very well.

Sometimes, I have played something that psychologically sticks with me, that's opposite of where I am. I guess I have a lot of anger in me.

I get angry about stuff, I get very emotionally intense about stuff and that's how I get it out - with books, with the band, on my own onstage, but it's always kind of a wail.

I used to write out of angst. My writing was quite miserable, quite angry, even when it was funny. It was based on this sadness and tired emotional disdain for the world.

I knew what it is to hate.

Sometimes when I'm in the car driving, I scream at the top of my lungs.

Rage is a really fun place to dance from - expressions of anger sublimated into something beautiful are invigorating, especially if you feel like you're telling the truth.

As long as I could sing my songs, I wasn't as angry about what had happened, about being shoved back for this or shoved back for the other.

I loved musicals because I felt like breaking out in song makes so much sense to me because it's the stakes of how you feel inside!

Actually doing a song, going to the studio, and just getting out on paper your anger makes you feel a little better sometimes.

A lot of people are upset when you work out your anger issues, but there's a big industry for music which is furious and angry because, in my opinion, the world is looking for a justification to feel the same way.

Music itself isn't enough to completely wear down my stash of anger. And I don't have all that much more to be angry about than anyone else. It's not like I was abused as a kid or anything. I had a pretty comfortable childhood with parents who took good care of me. But resentment exists, and some of it goes into the music. Some of it goes into physical activity.