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Bat For Lashes Quotes

I like to get dark sometimes and then come back out into the light Picture Quote #1

I love dressing up Picture Quote #1

There’s something in me that loves to inspire people: when I’m playing music, I imagine all this sparkly stardust going through everyone. I want to make people come alive Picture Quote #1

The Haunted Man’ is about communication barriers between men and women, and in that song it’s a woman’s wait for her husband to come back from war. The vision for me was of a group of men and women on the opposite sides of two cliffs, trying to move or sing to each other and communicate, but they’re kind of misfiring Picture Quote #1

When I was little, I grew up in a place called Hertfordshire, which is just near London, but out in the country, and I visited Pakistan in the summers to go and see my family on my dad’s side Picture Quote #1

When I’m doing just music all the time, it can get really overwhelming. It’s always challenging to switch it up a bit. And just because you’re a musician, it doesn’t mean that music is your only creative outlet Picture Quote #1

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When I was writing my dissertation, I wrote about Freud and the process of sublimation, which is when you learn to stop breast-feeding, or stop going to the toilet whenever you want to. It’s about learning to repress a desire for instant gratification Picture Quote #1

The first album I started out, I just did everything completely alone. I think it has to do with confidence. The more confidence you develop in your own sound, the more you can open up and alchemize that with other people, just set it free, and not feel challenged by that Picture Quote #1

I feel empathy for people who are trapped in a prison of self-consciousness in an uncomfortable way. We can be free, but we’re so held back. So perhaps that’s why I feel a duty to make my work. I feel liberated when I’m doing it, and I want other people to feel liberated through it Picture Quote #1

I get invited to premieres, and I’ve been to a few fashion shows and stuff, but I always get really bored. I feel quite awkward. You have to wear something by them, and it all feels like, ‘Why am I doing free advertising for you?’ Picture Quote #1

My dad was a Muslim and would pray five times a day. I would pray with him as much as I could, in the morning before school. Sometimes he would tell us moralistic tales about genies, magic carpets and wondrous lands. My mother is not religious - she’s just English Picture Quote #1

When I was little, people like Talking Heads were on the radio. There was something geeky yet groundbreaking about them Picture Quote #1

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I like it when people make an effort to wear things that you wouldn’t normally put together - I like eccentrics Picture Quote #1

I was brought up by the English side of my family, who are very repressed and working class. Absolutely lovely, but very English Picture Quote #1

I get people being frightened of me. One time I did this photo shoot where I had hairy armpits - I was really digging it, but they were like, ‘We’ll airbrush that out.’ Picture Quote #1

The way you wield your power is about using it to afford you opportunities that you wouldn’t otherwise have. So I’m very creatively ambitious, and I just hope people notice it; that’s all I want Picture Quote #1

I live in a Moomin house in East London which I fill with blankets and nice crockery and get people round for dinner. When you travel a lot, you feel rootless and adrift - this is my sanctuary, where I can breathe out Picture Quote #1

I think there’s a karmic purpose that souls make before they decide to come into people’s bodies and become someone’s parent, or become someone’s child. Maybe my dad disappearing was his way of giving me material with which to work, or a predisposition to feel heightened emotions Picture Quote #1

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It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I’m not the same as a lot of people - I’m quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are Picture Quote #1

Music’s free and music’s for everyone to enjoy and express and interpret. It transcends countries and times and decades Picture Quote #1

I find the world pretty overwhelming, so I’m getting into meditation and doing lots of yoga. And I love my garden, and I love nature, and I feel like that grounds me and keeps my mind clear Picture Quote #1

I’d love to win a Grammy! Not ambitious or anything. And just having a really lovely bunch of kids and a happy family life, would be good for me Picture Quote #1

Mum says that, since I was a tiny baby, I’ve had the most strong-willed and stubborn personality known to man. Although that was a real pain for her, she admired my resolve Picture Quote #1

The creative part of your brain needs to be stimulated. Sometimes you get blocked in the thing you do, because there’s so much pressure to do it Picture Quote #1

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I think the best cure is to stop doing the thing that you think you should be doing and go and have a bit of fun in another medium, maybe other crazy things Picture Quote #1

I did gardening and cooking and drawing and reading to try take the pressure off the music - just being eclectic and putting the fun back in and bringing more innocence in again is really important Picture Quote #1

I’d love to win a Grammy! Not ambitious or anything. And just having a really lovely bunch of kids and a happy family life, would be good for me Picture Quote #1

Ive hidden behind my hair more than clothes. Sometimes having long hair with a fringe is very useful when you don’t want to look at people. I used to have very short hair, but long hair is my thing - a black nocturnal shield Picture Quote #1

I had Halloween parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would actually put prosthetic noses on, and my dad would wear a top-hat and tails, put on a fake curly moustache, and hold a pipe Picture Quote #1

To be a great artist, you need to know yourself as best as you possibly can. I live my life and delve into my own psyche. Its more about exploring how I feel rather than making pale imitations of something that came before. We are unique beings, and the way we look at things is our own Picture Quote #1

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I like to get dark sometimes and then come back out into the light (Bat For Lashes Quotes) I love dressing up (Bat For Lashes Quotes) There’s something in me that loves to inspire people: when I’m playing music, I imagine all this sparkly stardust going through everyone. I want to make people come alive. (Bat For Lashes Quotes) The Haunted Man’ is about communication barriers between men and women, and in that song it’s a woman’s wait for her husband to come back from war. The vision for me was of a group of men and women on the opposite sides of two cliffs, trying to move or sing to each other and communicate, but they’re kind of misfiring. (Bat For Lashes Quotes) When I was little, I grew up in a place called Hertfordshire, which is just near London, but out in the country, and I visited Pakistan in the summers to go and see my family on my dad’s side. (Bat For Lashes Quotes) When I’m doing just music all the time, it can get really overwhelming. It’s always challenging to switch it up a bit. And just because you’re a musician, it doesn’t mean that music is your only creative outlet. (Bat For Lashes Quotes) When I was writing my dissertation, I wrote about Freud and the process of sublimation, which is when you learn to stop breast-feeding, or stop going to the toilet whenever you want to. It’s about learning to repress a desire for instant gratification. (Bat For Lashes Quotes) The first album I started out, I just did everything completely alone. I think it has to do with confidence. The more confidence you develop in your own sound, the more you can open up and alchemize that with other people, just set it free, and not feel challenged by that. (Bat For Lashes Quotes) I feel empathy for people who are trapped in a prison of self-consciousness in an uncomfortable way. We can be free, but we’re so held back. So perhaps that’s why I feel a duty to make my work. I feel liberated when I’m doing it, and I want other people to feel liberated through it. (Bat For Lashes Quotes) I get invited to premieres, and I’ve been to a few fashion shows and stuff, but I always get really bored. I feel quite awkward. You have to wear something by them, and it all feels like, ‘Why am I doing free advertising for you?’ (Bat For Lashes Quotes) My dad was a Muslim and would pray five times a day. I would pray with him as much as I could, in the morning before school. Sometimes he would tell us moralistic tales about genies, magic carpets and wondrous lands. My mother is not religious - she’s just English. (Bat For Lashes Quotes) When I was little, people like Talking Heads were on the radio. There was something geeky yet groundbreaking about them. (Bat For Lashes Quotes) I like it when people make an effort to wear things that you wouldn’t normally put together - I like eccentrics. (Bat For Lashes Quotes) I was brought up by the English side of my family, who are very repressed and working class. Absolutely lovely, but very English. (Bat For Lashes Quotes) I get people being frightened of me. One time I did this photo shoot where I had hairy armpits - I was really digging it, but they were like, ‘We’ll airbrush that out.’ (Bat For Lashes Quotes) The way you wield your power is about using it to afford you opportunities that you wouldn’t otherwise have. So I’m very creatively ambitious, and I just hope people notice it; that’s all I want. (Bat For Lashes Quotes) I live in a Moomin house in East London which I fill with blankets and nice crockery and get people round for dinner. When you travel a lot, you feel rootless and adrift - this is my sanctuary, where I can breathe out. (Bat For Lashes Quotes) I think there’s a karmic purpose that souls make before they decide to come into people’s bodies and become someone’s parent, or become someone’s child. Maybe my dad disappearing was his way of giving me material with which to work, or a predisposition to feel heightened emotions. (Bat For Lashes Quotes) It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I’m not the same as a lot of people - I’m quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are. (Bat For Lashes Quotes) Music’s free and music’s for everyone to enjoy and express and interpret. It transcends countries and times and decades. (Bat For Lashes Quotes) I find the world pretty overwhelming, so I’m getting into meditation and doing lots of yoga. And I love my garden, and I love nature, and I feel like that grounds me and keeps my mind clear. (Bat For Lashes Quotes) I’d love to win a Grammy! Not ambitious or anything. And just having a really lovely bunch of kids and a happy family life, would be good for me. (Bat For Lashes Quotes) Mum says that, since I was a tiny baby, I’ve had the most strong-willed and stubborn personality known to man. Although that was a real pain for her, she admired my resolve. (Bat For Lashes Quotes) The creative part of your brain needs to be stimulated. Sometimes you get blocked in the thing you do, because there’s so much pressure to do it. (Bat For Lashes Quotes) I think the best cure is to stop doing the thing that you think you should be doing and go and have a bit of fun in another medium, maybe other crazy things (Bat For Lashes Quotes) I did gardening and cooking and drawing and reading to try take the pressure off the music - just being eclectic and putting the fun back in and bringing more innocence in again is really important (Bat For Lashes Quotes) I’d love to win a Grammy! Not ambitious or anything. And just having a really lovely bunch of kids and a happy family life, would be good for me (Bat For Lashes Quotes) Ive hidden behind my hair more than clothes. Sometimes having long hair with a fringe is very useful when you don’t want to look at people. I used to have very short hair, but long hair is my thing - a black nocturnal shield (Bat For Lashes Quotes) I had Halloween parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would actually put prosthetic noses on, and my dad would wear a top-hat and tails, put on a fake curly moustache, and hold a pipe (Bat For Lashes Quotes) To be a great artist, you need to know yourself as best as you possibly can. I live my life and delve into my own psyche. Its more about exploring how I feel rather than making pale imitations of something that came before. We are unique beings, and the way we look at things is our own (Bat For Lashes Quotes)

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