“Those small moments really go a long way…Just a little bit of sunlight in the darkest room make the biggest difference.”—RL HuggarThe Love Story CreativesDecember 22, 2020
“Even though it looks like surrendering, even if it looks like giving up, this is strength, this is taking everything she has within her and getting up.” —Destiny StormThe Love Story CreativesAugust 28, 2020
“If I did not have that failure in that moment, my choice would have been I might not have my mom.” —Anthony RussoThe Love Story CreativesAugust 25, 2020
“They are not normal, therefore, they do not seek settled behavior and settled structures. They know that things can shift and change at any time, and they’ll just reinvent.” —Roman WydenThe Love Story CreativesAugust 17, 2020
“We’re only part of this. We’re not the ones who made it. So we need to have an attitude of gratitude that we even exist.”—Buddha Bombmj@thelovestory.orgJuly 23, 2020
“I felt like I was being pulled apart, very, very, very much. And there were instances where it got so much that I did feel like maybe if I didn’t exist, then maybe this wouldn’t be happening.” — Isaac Tapiamj@thelovestory.orgJune 9, 2020
“He was in that denial. And oftentimes, when you live in that denial, then you can’t get it out.” — Michelle JewsburyThe Love Story CreativesDecember 5, 2019
“There was a relationship, a friendship, that I was in that was really affecting me mentally, emotionally, and draining me and making me not like myself very much….” — Brooklynn RaeThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 20, 2019
“There’s FM, there’s AM, and then there’s the channels that are off-shore. What do you want to be? And you have that choice…” — Dean FidelmanThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 20, 2019
“Let yourself hurt, and then when it’s time to stop hurting, let yourself move into another phase.” — Elsa KennedyThe Love Story CreativesMarch 26, 2019
“He was the kind of person who wouldn’t hurt a fly….so it was shocking to learn that aspect of him.” — Dr. Sarah NeudstadterThe Love Story CreativesJanuary 4, 2019
“It gets better. No matter how hard things get, and no matter how dark you life might seem…there is always at least one person that wants you.” — Lizet VeraThe Love Story CreativesOctober 30, 2018
“I was so lost that I had no idea who I was…I started journaling to see what was really going on and give myself direction. ” — Kandee LewisThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 24, 2018
“People think of happiness and sadness as two different ends of the spectrum…but they actually have the same magnitude, which means that you can listen to a song that is so sad that it actually makes you feel happy.” — Weston SmithThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 21, 2018
“Whether the alcohol controlled that or didn’t control that, whether he had a say, or didn’t have a say, it’s not really my place to say. Those were his choices.”- Peter Harpermj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“Society keeps repeating itself, history keeps repeating itself, ’cause we haven’t learned the basic lesson of respect, love, equality, so society will keep doing it so people will always get shitted on.” — Ras KassThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 21, 2018
“I think a lot of stuff in life starts from suffering, it starts from pain and loss, and for me that was very true. So, as a kid, I found that life was really empty” — Rohan DixitThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 21, 2018
“When two people are in love with each other they see no flaws in the other person so they have this perfection, but it’s also about the imperfection of perfection and acceptance in that regard.” — Ryan Hurtgenmj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“The past very much affects the present even in your healing stages, and young ladies even back then still feel like they are not enough. Young men still feel like the world is against them.” — Tanisha WebbThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 21, 2018
“I realize that I’m dealing right now, with the reality, which is the pain and what I went through. All of my service, which I was trying to push away, came back. Basically, the art made me go back.” — Tomer Peretzmj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“Get inspired by other artists. But [have] your own style as well. Be creative. Build your own world.” — Matt SassariThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 21, 2018
“Usually when people take their life they’re thinking they’re going to make it better for everyone around them…But really it’s a burden to all the people them to carry the weight of that relationship, of what could’ve been…” — Kelly McreeThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 21, 2018
“Because the music came from a place of such vulnerability, because the music was so important to me, and it had helped me deal with so many issues in my life, it was a personal matter….” — Justin Taylor PhillipsThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 21, 2018
“The depth is important because it is something that everybody goes through. It’s a thing that is very human, and to ignore it and to try and bypass it to make yourself the greatest you can be is very dangerous…” — Ashi Dala of HOTTMTThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 21, 2018
“I was so blessed to have such a great, horrible experience. Without that horrible experience I would not be here. I would not love them so much.” — Hennessy EchemendiaThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 21, 2018
“Do what your heart tells you, man. You know if I didn’t have art, I wouldn’t be doing anything else right now…if I didn’t have art, I might not be here.” — Hayden MalteseThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 21, 2018
“We are, in this culture, being abused. And we don’t know it. We are slowly allowing atrocity to encroach… allowing darkness to creep its way in. Our pupils are dilating more and more so it seems like it’s still light out. But it’s getting darker, and we’re just sitting there. We need to move to the sun.” — Gabe OttoThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 21, 2018
“Real power is the ability to change something or someone, but the greatest power is indeed love.” — Drue MetzThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 21, 2018
“Do not let your circumstances confine you and define you, but let your circumstances REFINE you!” — Gabe CordellThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 21, 2018
“There’s always gonna be a light at the end of the tunnel. That even if it seems bleak in this moment, the next moment could bring something entirely different, and joyful and happy…never forget to value yourself, never forget to trust yourself and your instincts…” — Chelsea WilliamsThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 21, 2018
“Going to Agape was more than just I’m going to serve God or praise the Creator, if you will. It turned more into how can I help people? How can I fellowship? How can I give my service freely in love?” — ‘DJ Qwess Coast’ Alfred TorreganoThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 21, 2018
“You trust yourself. How do you gain trust? You have to spend time alone…you have to love what you see alone.” — Cheri RaeThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 21, 2018
“I am on a mission to love myself fully… to be the best version of myself… It’s difficult when I am the only one telling me that.” — Colin JamesThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 21, 2018
“I saw Tool in ’01. I’ll never forget. It was a day a lot of things shifted for me. I went through a deep deep spiritual experience. I cried for about two hours during their show.” — Andrea Sáenzmj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“It started to build up, and it got to a very dark place…And that phone call, I tell him to this day, that phone call probably saved my life.” — Matt MilanoThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 21, 2018
“…sending your men out there and knowing that they might not come back, that’s a very heavy burden, a very big load to carry…” — Mike Owenmj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“And then that moment of catharsis when I lived in the moment of the song…whatever had its hold on me…I was starting to break free.” — Pete Kronowittmj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“There you are, shining star from afar. Can you find me in the dark? There’s a spark within my heart. If you look closer, you will find that your love is all I desire. Your love started a fire, and it’s inside me.” — Maya McCleanmj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“It was either laugh or be really upset … I need to just go the laughter route. It was almost maniacal, but it was better than being angry.“ — Indy Rishimj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“Music kept me from jumping off the cliff. I get up and write whatever sorrows, issues, concerns are. [Writing] has been my saving grace throughout my entire love life, love seasons. And if you don’t write songs and music, I suggest you get a journal, make up a poem or something cause it will save your life.” — Che Bestmj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“The first solo show that I wrote was about love’s loss, bad sex and romance stories so I just took the experience of something and the things that were heartbreaking at the time, and tried to find humor in them…” — Paul Casemj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“I wanted to get into hospice music therapy so that I can be the soundtrack of someone else’s transformation from life to after life…” — Tim Ringgoldmj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“But the thing that surprised me most as time has passed is that we’re surprised that people die. We’re surprised that things end because everything ends.” — Mobymj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“First of all, God is love and love is good… I still do believe in love. I also do believe that in order to experience love, you have to be open. You can’t be closed off. You can’t be afraid.” — Antonique Smithmj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“I saw how nature worked. Nature is infinite. Everything is reciprocal, everything evolves together, everything cross-pollinates. Nothing is stagnant. If you’re stagnant in nature, you die.” — Martin Dunkertonmj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“When it comes on, there’s no way to escape it. It’s just like a train that’s just flying at you, and you just freeze and then you just get picked up, get overwhelmed, and just suffer through it.” — Nathanael Wolfemj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“By taking responsibility, I see that whatever bad things happened in my life…I was apart of. I did it to myself…[so I] allow myself to grieve, after that, I need to forgive and love myself.” — Jessica Wenmj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“I’m not looking for love tonight. I’m looking someone who can take you off my mind. So give me Jack and Coke and someone I don’t know. Cause I need to numb everything inside.” — Julia Pricemj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“Many people are afraid to pivot, and it requires living more freely and unafraid, and that’s something that I truly believe in, even though it scares the shit out of me..” — Michelle Fitzgeraldmj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“I realize that I am fully living my dreams. It just didn’t look like how I thought it would when I was five years old, so it’s letting go of what my life should look like for me to be “successful.” — Larisa Goslamj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“I poured my pain into my work and I poured my love into my work, cause for me, the most painful thing when a relationship ends abruptly is that what do you do with all that love that you’re still holding?” — Dream Rockwellmj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“A lot of the first work that I made after my father passed was actually quite messy and angry and tormented…” — Mick Lorussomj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“…I was in bed all the time, I didn’t want to spend time with anybody else…It was a constant battle with myself, with wanting to have that love back.” — Jessica Dinhmj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“She’s completely crazy. This woman. But that’s what a woman thinks when she feels that the man she loves is going away. She wants him, and she can’t bear the fact that he stopped loving her.” — Cecille Guillemainmj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“…Calling friends up, my brothers, you know, old mentors I looked up to, telling them how I felt and [asking them] what they went through to go through it…you just got to stay busy. I danced, did yoga, worked out, wrote music, wrote songs….” — Kiyoshi Sheltonmj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“Teary-eyed but still working through the pain and the loss and the tears…the empty loneliness of not having my best friend again…” — David Sharkmj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“My heart was being ripped out of my chest. I just knew that he was with somebody else. Something had happened, and sure enough, when he came back from his trip, he told me that he had fallen in love.” — Krista Richardsmj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“Butterflies represent a transformation of human soul…Every time I’m doing a butterfly I’m actually transforming somebody’s soul…butterflies are free. They’re delicate.” — Marisabel Bazanmj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“My Music, the drive has come from not having, or losing. Wanting to strive for something better, wanting to thrive instead of just survive….having so many negative things happen, but being able to keep such a positive outlook.” — Nick Terranova, aka ‘Starkillers’mj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“I know what it is to suffer and I know what it is to love, and at the end of the day, I’m so grateful for everything because there is love.” — Larisa Goslamj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“I never planned on becoming a poet…If I wasn’t blessed with my story, I wouldn’t be who I am today.” — kweisi gharreaumj@thelovestory.orgSeptember 21, 2018
“This is how you fall in love with a killer, painkiller. And it’s so good, now. But it won’t be forever, break me down, and then you make it better. This is how you fall in love with a killer.” — Julia PriceThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 21, 2018
“‘You’re trying to run away from yourself? No girl. You can’t run anymore. It’s you, yourself, and I. You’re alone. You can’t go anywhere…'” — Josie BashoutThe Love Story CreativesSeptember 21, 2018