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I grew up in a sad, depressed place. I got out. Poetry saved my life.

— Mary Oliver

What I try to do is to keep emotion on a tight leash; otherwise, it can never be transubstantiated into poetry.

— Kiki Dimoula

I can find some way to make poetry out of my life's experiences.

— Shelby Lynne

“I primarily use poetry as a purge, a self-medication device when I’m in the depths of loneliness, anxiety or in the throes of depression.…

— Nicholas Trandahl

I know some people are like, 'I'm depressed, and I'm a struggling artist,' and that really works for some people, but that doesn't work…

— Charli XCX

When I write sad songs, I feel like I'm sewing up a scar in me, and the outcome always feels so much better than…

— Sam Smith

Sad poems are necessary because sad things happen.

— Cameron J Martin

At times of crisis or distress, it's poems that people turn to. (Poetry) still has a power to speak to people's feelings, maybe in…

— Blake Morrison

If I'm kind of sad or depressed, it doesn't necessarily help me to write a song about exactly what I'm depressed about.

— Julia Holter

There are times when I'm really happy and I write something really sad, and vice versa.

— Juan Gabriel

When something is too beautiful or too terrible or even too funny for words, then it is time for poetry.

— Eve Merriam

I know some people are like "I'm depressed and I'm a struggling artist" and that really works for some people, but that doesn't work…

— Charli XCX