Passenger Professions : Singer-songwriter Born : May 17, 1984 Browse All Authors Top 34 quotes by Passenger Well you only need the light when it's burning low, only miss the sun when it starts to snow. Passenger light missing snow Well if you can’t get what you love, You learn to love the things you’ve got .. If you can’t be what you want, You learn to be the things you’re not .. If you can’t get what you need, You learn to need the things that stop you dreaming Passenger dream love-you needs You see all I need is a whisper in a world that only shouts. Passenger world needs Life's for the living, so live it, or you're better off dead. Passenger better-off-dead better-off If you can't be what you want, you learn to be the thing's you're not Passenger what-you-want ifs want Only know you've been high when you're feeling low. Passenger feeling-low feelings lows You only know you love her when you let her go. Passenger let-her-go knows Elvis ate America before America ate him. Passenger america People sometimes come up to me, and it's like they just want to capture Passenger. I feel like Pikachu. Sometimes, in the more sort of depressing moments, it feels like it's not about the music, it's just about the photo, and that really worries me. Passenger feel me music people I spent my life on the road touring, and a lot of the songs are written in tour buses and hotel rooms. Passenger road my-life hotel life I'm very much of that old-school mentality of believing that if it works with an acoustic guitar and a vocal, then it should work within any format - and especially when most of my live work is just guitar and vocals, so it really does have to work with only that. Passenger live just guitar work When I sat down with all the songs before recording, I realised I'd written a few songs specifically about places in America - there was this song about Detroit and another about Yellowstone National Park. My dad is actually American, so I wrote another song about that side of my family. Passenger down dad family song 'Heart on Fire' didn't do as well as the last record in most territories, but South Africa is one of the places it did really well. Passenger africa last fire heart You have to play to your strengths, and my strength is the amount of content I create. Passenger your you strength play If you can write a catchy melody and a song that captures people around the world, what better thing to do? Other than 'Let Her Go,' I haven't managed to do that. And that's fine by me. Passenger me you song people I can play the main stage at the Newport Folk Festival in front of 10,000 people and do all the gigs and stuff I want to do. Then I can go home and get toilet paper on a Sunday morning and not get hassled. Passenger sunday home morning people When I wrote 'Let Her Go,' it's not like I was doing anything different. I was just writing a song as I would any other day of the year; it just so happened that this one resonated with people. Passenger day writing song people I don't think I've ever really fitted into the industry and the scene. I feel like I've always been on the cusp. Passenger feel like think always I think expectations are sometimes dangerous things. I think the only thing you can be sure of is that it won't go to plan. I think that's the only thing that's definite. Passenger think you dangerous sometimes I think whenever I've thought something might go well, it hasn't, and when I've thought, 'Oh yeah, just chuck it out there,' that's when it kicks off, so now, I don't claim to understand anything. Passenger something thought understand think Similar Authors Bill Anderson singer-songwriter Bill Kaulitz singer-songwriter Bob Whitlock singer-songwriter Bob Weir singer-songwriter Brent Smith singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie singer-songwriter All Authors
