Quotes About Journey

It's been my experience that every time I think I know where it's at, it's usually somewhere else.

I love watching movies. It breaks up the monotony of the road and momentarily takes you somewhere else.

All novelists I speak to about how they started usually say it was by pulling up their roots and going to live somewhere else. You see the shape of your life at a distance.

The only logical thing I can think of is that I knew there were such things as artists, and I knew there were none where I lived. So I knew that to be an artist you had to be somewhere else. And I very much wanted to be somewhere else.

Whether it's New York or somewhere else, the metaphor of 'Avenue Q,' which is the place you live when you can't afford to live anywhere else - and we've all been through that in our journey. As I always say, at any moment I could be back on Avenue Q if I pick the wrong show.

I think, from the very beginning, I always knew that I needed to get out of Malaysia and do my thing somewhere else.

I always think about life, and I think that we are here with a mission, and once we have done our mission, we go somewhere else.

When I was twenty-six, I had my son.

'Feeling Good' is a peek into my life through song.

The main song I listened to with the 'Firebird' books was 'Breath of Life' by Florence + the Machine.

There are moments in our lives that are more difficult than others. And I can look at each song and remember where I was during those times - from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows.

I feel like listening to sad songs are a way of narrating your life and confirming your identity.

My independent songs are actually about me, so if you really want to know me, listen to my songs and know what I have been through in my life.

I still like to play songs from my Silk Route days at concerts.

I feel like my whole life I've been searching for what I want to do, searching for my identity as a musician and a songwriter, and my band's identity.

I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer.

When I started as a kid, I wanted to be a piano player and songwriter. I only became a singer by accident.

I never dreamed of being a singer or songwriter. It just happened.

At first it was my brother's songwriting and I was just doing what everyone told me.

The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.

My songwriting, when I'm writing, is nothing like it is in its finished form - but you have to start somewhere.

I've always loved both writing and songwriting. The journey is fascinating to me.

I'm grateful to songwriting and recovery to bringing me to a place of peace.

And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o'er silent seas again.