Creativity Quote by Siobhan Fahey

Fahey frames self-improvement the way a working musician might: not as a grand reinvention, but as iterative troubleshooting. The line has the rhythm of rehearsal and revision - you run the song, hear what’s off, strip out what muddies the mix, then try not to repeat the mistake on the next take. It’s an unromantic model of growth, and that’s the point. “Disentangling yourself” suggests the problem isn’t abstract “bad habits” so much as sticky attachments: relationships, scenes, identities, even the stories you tell about why you stay. The verb implies effort and residue. You don’t just leave; you unwind.

The subtext is a refusal of the redemption arc culture loves to sell, especially to women in pop: transform, glow up, emerge. Fahey’s version is more procedural, even weary. Life keeps presenting variations of the same trap, and your job is to recognize the pattern before you confuse familiarity for fate. There’s also a quiet concession in “if you can.” Agency exists, but it’s not total. Patterns aren’t just personal failings; they’re learned responses, sometimes survival strategies that outlive the danger they were built for.

Context matters: coming from someone who’s navigated multiple bands, eras, and public rebrandings, this reads like hard-won craft knowledge applied to the self. The most revealing word is “watching.” Not judging, not punishing - observing. It’s a musician’s discipline turned inward: pay attention, adjust, repeat.