Jim Jarmusch Quotes

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.

Without music, I could not get through.

When I started music, I think it was responsible for keeping me sane, because training as a dancer really kept me in good spirits amid all the crazy stuff that happened when I first became popular.

Music is an escape for me.

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.

People always want to feel better and be inspired. Sometimes we need it. I think the conscious rapper will always be able to live and exist.

If I hadn't had music in my life, it's quite possible I'd be dead and I'd much rather be alive.

Music is my release.

I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.

If I had not had music in my life, I would be the neurasthenic vision of the playwright.

But I really love music, and having a creative outlet is really the best thing you can do for yourself.

I've managed to dodge the curse. Not all my family have. Of course, music helped me - music is all about civilization, about something worthwhile. It's all about ideas.

Music was my oxygen. It's what saved me from being a really lonely and scared teenager.

Music is my release.

Music can get me through anything.

When I was going through sad times, I'd watch 'Cheers' at the end of the day to make me feel better.

If you're going through a difficult time, and there's a piece of music that speaks to you - be it musically or lyrically or both - you are almost always able to access that music. You're always able to sit down with it.

All I would say is that when I've been very down or having kind of a tough time in my life, certain films or pieces of music or books have changed that. They've taken me out of a dark place and put me into a more positive one. And I think that if we can do that for people, then it's certainly worth doing.

I've struggled with depression before. For me, music was always a very positive way to will myself out of that situation.

Maybe I'm too sensitive to the struggle, but I think a lot of people that listen to music are trying to escape.

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

Music is a saviour for me.

Music has healed me on so many different occasions, and I want my music to be able to do that for someone else.

I don't know how to function without music. When I'm not making it, I'm listening to it. It gives me courage and takes care of my mind.

I think people tend to cling to music when times are hard.