My songs are not pretty. They're what I call optimistic realism. Laura Marling More Quotes by Laura Marling More Quotes From Laura Marling I do so hate to be forced to be anything than other than what I am. Laura Marling hate 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-lovepiecesheart I need some isolation, it's necessary to me, that's just who I am. I need to be left alone. Laura Marling isolationwho-i-amneeds 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-qualityfriendshippeople I speak because I can to anyone I trust enough to listen. Laura Marling because-i-canspeakenough I'm a bit of a magpie: whatever I see or hear or read feeds into the songs. Laura Marling magpiesbitssong 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-onforeverthinking 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 logicdecisionreligious 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-musicselfart 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-andsimplewater I am quite competitive. In stupid things like card games. Laura Marling stupidgamescards 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 nonsensehugeart I feel like I'm creeping closer to finding the situation that triggers songwriting, which is obviously an extreme of an emotion. Laura Marling triggerssituationemotion When a song wants to be written, it will be written. Laura Marling writtenwantsong I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe. Laura Marling soundjobsbelieve I think your most intimate thoughts are only honest when they're in your head. Laura Marling intimatehonestthinking I'd like to make music for as long as I can; it feels like something I need to do. Laura Marling feelslongneeds I'd prefer to be good, but I'm not always. I struggle. Laura Marling be-goodstruggle I'm a lot more observational than personal in my writing. My writing is mostly a lot of questions without answers. Laura Marling answerswriting
