American - Musician | June 18, 1973 -
My backstory is so tedious.
Ray LaMontagne
Tedious
I probably wouldn't be a songwriter if I didn't grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very scary to grow up in a household so unsettled and at times very violent. But, it also, I guess it earned me a sort of wisdom at a young age that's served me well.
WisdomAgeMeGrowYoungWay
I can't get excited by my own music. It's impossible.
MusicImpossibleMy OwnOwnExcited
My voice sucks. I don't like the tone.
VoiceToneLikeSucks
The label doesn't do anything but put your record in the store, that's all they do. And tell you, you don't have a single... and tell you, it's not gonna sell... that's what the label does.
YouSingleTellAnythingSellYour
I was really lost for a while in my teens. I was angry. But when I found music - Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell - it was a new discovery. It was a door to this other world where I wanted to be.
MusicAngryDoorWorldDiscovery
It bugs me that people think my songs are personal because it means I have to explain myself all the time.
TimeMyselfPeopleMeThinkExplain
I need space between me and the audience - and the more space the better.
SpaceMeBetterMoreNeedAudience
I want to write music that will outlive me.
MusicMeWantWillWriteOutlive
I don't really think of myself as a folk singer.
MyselfThinkSingerFolkReally
In order to get a note out, I have to dig deep, and I mean that on an emotional level. To physically sing, I have to get somewhere deep before I can do it.
DeepI CanMeanEmotionalOutLevel
I'm very uncomfortable in my own skin.
UncomfortableSkinMy OwnOwnVery
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