English - Musician | February 1, 1990 -
I feel sometimes that I'm in a constant state of being lost in translation, and I guess that why I write songs.
Laura Marling
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I feel like I'm creeping closer to finding the situation that triggers songwriting, which is obviously an extreme of an emotion.
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I never edit the songs that come out. And they tend to come out as a whole. The closest thing I have ever done to editing them is just cutting out a verse, but never rewriting lyrics.
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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.
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I know there are lots of positives in the evolution of technology, but I also think it will be responsible for the end of a unique character, of a specific kind of geographical culture. The world is getting so small, and mass production is getting so big. Everything is in danger of becoming the same.
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I'm a songwriter, and I understand artistic licence. We can embellish, go on little journeys and explore our inner selves. It can be quite self-indulgent.
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I am slightly fascinated by the question of whether humanity is capable of change. I may have come to the conclusion that we're not, but we keep trying.
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I'm a bit of a magpie: whatever I see or hear or read feeds into the songs.
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My songs are not pretty. They're what I call optimistic realism.
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It took a lot of time and practice for me to realise that there's no point trying to be something you're not.
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I love the way you can fall in love with a piece of literature; how words alone can get your heart doing that.
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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.
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