“I've always felt like I needed to experience some type of anguish in o...” — Michelle Zauner Quote

“I've always felt like I needed to experience some type of anguish in order to feel productive as an artist.”

“Once death was really close to me, I suddenly became very fearful of it. I think that lit a fire in me like, 'What do you have to say before it happens?'”

“When I write a song, that process is sort of entwined with a lyric or a chord progression that suits the vibe, and that'll work off each other.”

“What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear.”

“When people suffer from depression or anxiety or any sort of pain/mental anguish combo, being able to take the power out of it through laughter is a pretty powerful tool.”

“I'm an ardent tennis player. I'm like an overenthusiastic child out there and I've damaged my back. It's not that it's crippling pain, more mental anguish.”