Quotes About Introspection

I'm trying to learn to ask myself: 'Before you dive in are you sure you are right?' It's always safe to assume I'm wrong.

I do tend to divide my childhood into darkness and light, and the first seven years were certainly the darkness.

I'm challenging everybody on every side of every divide to be more who they are, to cultivate their capacity for awareness.

It is vitally important for me to concentrate on myself, on the work that I have to do on the track and off it with the engineers, without really thinking about what people are expecting from me on the outside.

Everybody's looking at me expecting me to shrink up and die.

It's hard when people are expecting things from you, and all you're trying to do is write songs that you like for yourself.

My experience is listen, see, feel - and then think about what you change.

When you lose, you learn a lot about yourself. That experience is important.

Everything changes with time. I am not so experienced enough to analyze what the people love in me.

I tend to write from a personal place, and most of the time when I'm writing by myself, it's coming from something I've experienced.

All my songs come from me because I only seem able to write about myself and my experiences.

American culture is not about experiencing our shame, it's about denying it. It's been that way our whole history.

For me, it's a matter of balance. Living inside your head and experiencing real things - both are important.

Starting the podcast was an experiment. I wouldn't say I was very private, but I was probably as private as the average person.

At the age of 60, I am less experimental and more mature. I want most of all to convey my understanding of life.

We've made science experiments of ourselves and our children.

There is nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitor.

The truth needs to explain why you are the way you are, why you did what you did.

I think in some ways, it can do a listener a disservice to explain a song. I think I'd rather leave a little room for people to put themselves in it.

There are no explanations, there are no answers.

Sometimes I think I've been too honest, and other times, too explicit.

But I'm attracted to roles where I get to really go in and explore a character.

That's one of the really cool things about being an actor. You get to explore all different parts of yourself.

I have tried to explore the little talent I have for writing.