“I love this one!”
I’ll be the first to admit that the phrase “Life is good” is a lot of fun to say, and I enjoy saying it as a way to say good things about my life.
But what about when I hear it in the context of a serious discussion about something that really sucks?
What if I’m in a debate with someone who hates you?
What about when someone I respect and love has said something nasty about you?
I’ll never be able to completely escape the reality of how much it hurts to be someone who thinks negatively about myself and my friends and family, and yet I love them.
I’m glad I can use my newfound appreciation for this particular phrase to show people that, even in a world that is generally pretty tolerant of negative speech, it can be incredibly painful to actually listen to what people think about you and your experiences.
To hear the negative words that other people have said about you, I’d love to know how to respond to them in a way that feels empowering and affirming.
In this way, my favorite kind of music, the music that I love the most, might even be the music I could sing to my friends if we could just find the words to do so.
That’s the kind of creative expression I’m trying to do when I’m listening to music.
But if I can’t get a way of saying that, then maybe it’s time to move on to other things.
I’ll give you my top five best-known phrases for responding to someone’s negative comments about your music: 1.
“This is just my opinion.
I don’t think you can listen to anything that isn’t about me.”
In other words, just because you’re trying to be positive, don’t expect me to give you a hard time.
I’d never say that you have to put up with the worst kind of negative music for a lifetime, but I can certainly understand your frustration with it.
The more you try to avoid the negative, the less you’ll feel the need to keep yourself in check.
I think this one’s a bit of a stretch.
2.
“If you’re a good musician, you have an obligation to try to be as inclusive as possible.
If you’re not, you’re failing.”
If you were ever a good artist, you know that you don’t have to always be a positive person.
I know that’s true for many of my music friends.
We’ve all made mistakes and have had to work to be better, but there’s a lot more to being a good person than what you put out there.
If that’s the case, then the fact that you’re still a good singer, or an artist, doesn’t mean you have the right to feel like you can’t do better.
3.
“You’re not an artist anymore, and you’re just a person.”
I think there’s something to this, and it’s not just that you need to stop doing what you do because people won’t accept you for it anymore.
I also think it’s important to remember that you aren’t just a piece of paper with no intrinsic value or meaning.
You’re also an experience, and the experience of your music can make or break you.
If people are only going to respect you for what you’re able to put out, you may as well stop being yourself.
If they see that you can do things differently, then they’re going to treat you differently, too.
4.
“I’ve been a good kid since I was three years old.
If it’s true that you weren’t good, then why did you have so many friends?”
You may have a lot to learn from the experiences of other people, but you may not have the same kind of experience with yourself.
You may be good at something, and now you’re in a situation where you’re doing it all over again.
The good news is that you might still be good, and that you’ll still have some success.
I hope that someday you can start doing things like this with other people and with yourself, because then it’ll be easier for you to grow and learn.
I love being a part of this.
5.
“We have a common goal, but we both have a little bit of an issue with how it looks.”
This is one of my favorite phrases, because it’s about how I’m feeling about myself, and my music.
When you listen to a lot, it’s very easy to get caught up in the moment.
If I have a good day and a bad day, it feels good to have that clarity that the good day doesn’t come with bad results.
It’s so easy to think, “That’s what we’re supposed to do,” but really, I’ve been doing this music for the past three years and it still feels like my music is about me, not the music world.
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