It’s hard to accept yourself as someone you don’t desire / As someone you don’t want to be. Laura Marling More Quotes by Laura Marling More Quotes From Laura Marling No one starts playing my kind of music to make a fortune. But I do want to keep doing what I do and I do want to continue selling records. And I would, eventually, quite like some money. Laura Marling records kind want I don't need to sell tons of records, but I want longevity. I want to make music for the rest of my life. Laura Marling records want needs I like living in the city, but I like being able to get out of it as and when I like. Laura Marling living-in-the-city able cities I thought ‘I wonder what will happen if I try and root myself somewhere?‘ Look back over the past eight years. Laura Marling eight past years I get up, go and get a coffee, and go do the crossword - I'm loyal to one particular paper, the 'Guardian' - and that's my idea of a perfect morning. Laura Marling coffee morning ideas Now that I'm feeling the responsibilities of adulthood, the choices we make become an incredible weight. Laura Marling choices responsibility feelings I'm the first to admit that I'm still pretty young. Laura Marling stills young firsts Basically what Salomé did with Rilke as a mentor was direct him toward the Russian Orthodox Church, so he could project his love of the divine feminine onto the Virgin Mary. She wanted him to stop the cycle of being disappointed by the ultimate humanity of women. She was like, "You don't want me, you want the Virgin Mary." It's kind of a mystical concept! She also changed Freud's opinion, a little bit too late, about the female psyche, which he had so wrong. If it had been better publicized, it would have changed Western society's perception of the female psyche, too. Laura Marling divine-feminine perception humanity I've always loved books by the Bronte sisters. I love Jane Austen, too. I'm more influenced by people like her than by pop culture. Laura Marling like-her book people Take me somewhere I can grow Laura Marling let-me-go take-me giving I remember my father playing me Same Situation when I was a nipper, and saying how nobody since has done melodies as well as Joni Mitchell. I concur. The thing that most affected me was just her resonance, and that is something she must have been born with. Laura Marling done remember father I'm reluctantly interested in love and helplessly interested in logic and yet they're so conflicting. And they're both necessary for a happy balance, a happy existence... I think. Laura Marling logic balance thinking I feel increasingly like age is very irrelevant. Quite often, cynicism is confused with wisdom, and my scorn is confused with a knowing, which I don't have. Laura Marling confused knowing age Why fear death? Be scared of living. Laura Marling scared fear-of-death I made an important decision, which was to pursue happiness. Rather than accept unhappiness. That's why I'm here, and it's great. I'm in a very good place in my life. Laura Marling unhappiness important decision I find it dull when my heart meets my mind Laura Marling mind heart dull But if i sit here and weep Laura Marling breeze ifs There's a house across the river, but alas, I cannot swim Laura Marling regret house rivers Lover please do not fall to your knees it's not like I believe in everlasting love Laura Marling knees believe fall I do so hate to be forced to be anything than other than what I am. Laura Marling hate
