I like living in the city, but I like being able to get out of it as and when I like. Laura Marling More Quotes by Laura Marling More Quotes From Laura Marling I love the way you can fall in love with a piece of literature; how words alone can get your heart doing that. Laura Marling falling-in-love pieces heart I need some isolation, it's necessary to me, that's just who I am. I need to be left alone. Laura Marling isolation who-i-am needs People don't appreciate music any more. They don't adore it. They don't buy vinyl and just love it. They love their laptops like their best friend, but they don't love a record for its sound quality and its artwork. Laura Marling sound-quality friendship people I speak because I can to anyone I trust enough to listen. Laura Marling because-i-can speak enough I'm a bit of a magpie: whatever I see or hear or read feeds into the songs. Laura Marling magpies bits song I think I'll feel out of place wherever I go on earth, forever. But that's fine. I have to make my peace with that. Laura Marling goes-on forever thinking Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you. Laura Marling womanhood I'm not religious, I'm not romantic and I live purely by logic. I make every decision by logic and sometimes that leads me to the right and sometimes to the wrong decision. Laura Marling logic decision religious The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence. Laura Marling poetry-and-music self art My reaction to everything in life is when it gets a bit complicated to water it down and make it simple again. Laura Marling down-and simple water I am quite competitive. In stupid things like card games. Laura Marling stupid games cards There's huge amounts of nonsense that goes with everything surrounding music and art. All the things you have to do promote yourself - there's huge amounts of nonsense. Laura Marling nonsense huge art I feel like I'm creeping closer to finding the situation that triggers songwriting, which is obviously an extreme of an emotion. Laura Marling triggers situation emotion When a song wants to be written, it will be written. Laura Marling written want song I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe. Laura Marling sound jobs believe I think your most intimate thoughts are only honest when they're in your head. Laura Marling intimate honest thinking I'd like to make music for as long as I can; it feels like something I need to do. Laura Marling feels long needs I'd prefer to be good, but I'm not always. I struggle. Laura Marling be-good struggle I'm a lot more observational than personal in my writing. My writing is mostly a lot of questions without answers. Laura Marling answers writing I'm incredibly neurotic and a control freak. I like the thought that if there's going to be anyone to blame it's going to be me. Laura Marling neurotic blame freak