My head translates emotions into song. Songwriting is…

Songwriting can be cathartic, but then you just keep it private. If you're going to play out and have other people listen to you,…

— Patterson Hood

The emotions in a song - the anger, aggression - have got to be legitimate.

— Eminem

LATE will always be the most important song to me. I used to struggle to perform it live without getting upset but have performed…

— Roxanne Emery

'Wafa Na Raas Aayee' is at its core a very pure, simple song. Its beauty lies in its simplicity and who better than Jubin…

— Bhushan Kumar

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

— Jessie J

Mostly singing was cathartic, writing was cathartic, therapeutic. I don't think I had a goal, particularly, to sing or put it out there for…

— Lisa Marie Presley

“Self-destruction can be cathartic in the worst ways possible.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

“Writing Frank was a little cathartic, since it gave me the chance to climb on my soapbox and expose readers to a side of…

— Bru Baker

Populism has had as many incarnations as it has had provocations, but its constant ingredient has been resentment, and hence whininess. Populism does not…

— George Will

It was my angry, Dickensian novel, I suppose. It was cathartic - I expended a lot of frustration on that one.

— Richard Helms

I would be lying, if I said that sometimes it is just a job that you show up for because you're getting paid, and…

— Julianne Moore

So if you're on the motorcycle, on the track you're not thinking at all about what's happening next week or tomorrow or anything. You're…

— Dax Shepard

I suppose is very cathartic to do a show to the masses and you get to make magic in a manner that you can't…

— Sinead O'Connor

I remember a concert for a visiting girls school, and that was the first time I ever sang - it was always about girls…

— Chet Faker

I love to write and do photography, as a cathartic experience.

— Dan Payne