I do feel a connection to the divine and to the infinite. Joan Osborne More Quotes by Joan Osborne More Quotes From Joan Osborne Through music I've discovered other philosophies. Buddhism in particular is one that has always - whenever I've studied it and read about it, it's just been so true to me. And I do try to take some practices of that into my daily life. Whether that's meditating or trying to see the world from that perspective. Joan Osborne buddhismpracticephilosophy It's not just something that you do intellectually when you do music. You do it with your body, and you do it with your emotions, and you do it with every part of yourself. It engages your mind as well, but engages all parts of yourself. Joan Osborne emotionbodymind If you listen to soul music, or R&B music, or Blues music, a lot of that came from church music and spiritual music, and music has always been a really really powerful tool that people have used to get them closer to God - whatever they define God as. And for me that's always been part of what drew me to it and keeps me coming back for more. Joan Osborne church-musicpowerfulspiritual I have to say what I do is not easy and there are definitely moments where I feel inadequate to the tasks I've set for myself. And that's hard to feel - like you're giving your life to something and you can't really do it as well as you want to do it. Joan Osborne taskswantgiving I feel like I'm getting better as a writer and as a singer and that there is more to discover there, so hopefully other people feel that way too without having to disassociate with the earlier work. Joan Osborne get-bettersingerspeople I try to bear pain and not panic. I try to remember that it's got an expiration date, even if I don't know when that expiration date is. And I try to use it as fuel for my work. Joan Osborne painusetrying What if God was one of us, just a slob like one of us? Joan Osborne what-ifreligiousreligion
