'I'd Rather Go Blind' was a song I did on an album with Joe Bonamassa called 'Don't Explain,' and I've always been such a huge, huge Etta James fan. Beth Hart More Quotes by Beth Hart More Quotes From Beth Hart I think that anytime that you can open your eyes and see all that you have and all that you've been blessed with, it's the greatest way to connect you with God, just being grateful rather than always wanting more, wanting to be different, wanting to be better. Beth Hart eyes you grateful god I guess it's about getting older. I know that I'm going to lose people that I love - I'm going to die myself - so everything seems to be getting somehow sweet and more important and more special and more humbling and more challenging and more terrifying all at the same time. Beth Hart myself time love people My story is how to have a life while dealing with mental illness, and I've had a life. I've been blessed. It's been a different kind of life than what I planned on, but it's been a good life nonetheless. Beth Hart good good-life blessed life I learned about forgiveness, and I've reached out to others to make amends. Beth Hart make others about forgiveness Meditation is really good. I do that a lot with my bass player Bob, and we do TM: transcendental meditation. Beth Hart bass-player good bass meditation If I ever had to choose between having a good mind and good health with having big success, then there's no contest: I'd put my health first every time. Beth Hart good health success time What I look at, success is about really being grateful. You wake up in the morning, and you're thankful that you could breathe because it's a beautiful planet we live on, and I know there is a lot of struggle and pain, but there is more joy. Beth Hart success morning thankful beautiful I had so much anger and judgement towards myself for my work not being up to the standard that I expected it to be, so I wouldn't allow myself to complete anything. Beth Hart being myself anger work I cook stuff that I picked up from my husband's mother. I thought that would be a good way to his heart, you know. I love to cook Italian and French, also. Beth Hart good mother heart love I'd be a liar if I said I didn't care what people think, but I would rather have less people who like or approve of me for who I really am than a bunch more people who like or approve me for what I'm not. Beth Hart liar me care people I really cherish my time at home. As you know, I love my husband so much, but he's always doing everything for me out here to keep me rolling forward. But I don't get to do near enough for him. So when I'm at home, I like to cook for him and do some gardening - all that wife-y kinda stuff, you know? Beth Hart me home time love I love getting to have different food and getting to be around different people and different cultures and different ways people look at life. It's really kind of helped me open up my mind and see the world from different perspectives. Beth Hart me food love life I'm writing all the time when I'm at home. When I'm on the road, I just get ideas, and I put it on my iPhone. Beth Hart road home time ideas When you love the music that you're going to play, of course you're going to do your best. Beth Hart best you music love One of the beautiful things about music is it gives you an opportunity to learn how to tell the truth, and it's a life-long learning process. Beth Hart learning music truth beautiful Before I was on medication, the mania was so bad that I couldn't concentrate, so although I'd feel very creative, I could never really finish a piece of work because my mind was moving so fast. Beth Hart feel bad mind work It's very important for me to do things like talk therapy. That's where you begin to see the walls that your illness has put up as a way to protect yourself... but of course, those walls also keep us from getting to the truth of things. Beth Hart yourself me you truth Although I take the medication, which has made a huge impact on my life in a positive way, still, honestly, when I'm a bit sick is when I'm at my most creative. Beth Hart my-life sick positive life So it's a majorly important thing for young artists, as well as older artists like myself, to know that not only do we have the right to say no, but if we don't say no, we're gonna die. Beth Hart die myself know important Fame doesn't matter; people approving of you doesn't matter. And if it does matter, you're in store for something very difficult and painful. Beth Hart you difficult matter people
