Ray LaMontagne quotes
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“Don't let your eyes refuse to seeDon't let your ears refuse to hear”
-- Ray LaMontagneSource : Song: Hold You In My Arms, Album: Trouble, 2004
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“It's so easy to get caught up in your own experiences. They can seem so important. But there are billions and billions of other experiences going on.”
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“I am very self-critical, but that's a good thing because it keeps me growing as a human being and as a musician.”
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“I never learned to count my blessings I choose instead to dwell in my disasters”
-- Ray LaMontagneSource : Song: Empty
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“You can make bad choices and find yourself in a downward spiral or you can find something that gets you out of it.”
-- Ray LaMontagneSource : "Ray LaMontagne: Digging Deep And Doing What He Does" by Ellen Sterling, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 2, 2010.
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“Writing songs is not something I wanted to share with people for a long time. It was precious to me. I didnt want someone to crush it. I waited until I felt strong enough to take the criticism.”
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“When I think of folk music, I think of topical songs. And I don't write topical songs.”
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“Well it's the hurt I hide that fuels the fires inside me”
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“We all have that inner voice that is wise, even if we don't always follow it. It's that voice I'm trying to listen to.”
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“The thing I love about music is that you can take things that are painful, deep things that hurt you, and you can turn them into something beautiful.”
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“Social situations, for me - it's very natural for me to be an observer. That's where I'm most comfortable. I observe things.”
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“Now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turnin' gold Turnin' from the past, at last and all I've left behind.”
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“Every song asks to be sung in a different way.”
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“I don't really think of myself as a folk singer.”
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“I have a strong sense of self, but that's not a negative thing.”
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“I want to write music that will outlive me.”
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“I don't like myself, and I don't like to be looked at.”
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“You have to believe in yourself before anybody else believes in you.”
-- Ray LaMontagne#Believe Quotes #Believe In Yourself Quotes #Believe In You Quotes
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“There's nothing in the world so sad as talking to a man who never knew his life was his for making.”
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“I need space between me and the audience - and the more space the better.”
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“I want to be in control of my own destiny.”
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“I can't get excited by my own music. It's impossible.”
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“Well, I looked my demons in the eyes laid bare my chest, said 'Do your best, destroy me. You see, I’ve been to hell and back so many times, I must admit you kind of bore me.”
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“When I pick up the guitar, it's a melody, and that's what drives the lyrics. It's bits and pieces of truth, but it is storytelling.”
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“There's a real sense of desperation when you grow up in poverty.”
-- Ray LaMontagneSource : "Ray LaMontagne: Digging Deep And Doing What He Does" by Ellen Sterling, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 2, 2010.
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“My backstory is so tedious.”
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“It bugs me that people think my songs are personal because it means I have to explain myself all the time.”
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“I'd much rather be playing songs than talking to people.”
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