Jack Garratt Quotes

A lot of artists are afraid to be themselves and afraid to tell people what it really is.

It was through poetry I learned just to appreciate my own voice and to not think of my voice in terms of what it needs to be able to do, but what it can do.

I have to live authentically at all times. And that's part of what makes me an artist. I'm not scared to do that.

Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone.

When people like your music because it has vulnerable honesty, and you're able to comfortably admit to flaws and imperfections, then that's the most liberating thing about being an artist.

I looked at myself and realized I had a lot of boundaries up about what I would talk about, what was private for me and what wasn't. I decided to just get rid of them. It was quite liberating.

Self-awareness is a character trait that's horrible to have if you're a performer. I think that a lot of these performers that we see get up on stage and play music, there's a sense of them truly not caring how they're coming across. They are just themselves. I look up to a lot of people who are like that.

I became Fantastic Negrito, and I felt like there was a rawness and an honesty in that music that I could relate to. That I was ready, finally, in my life to be that honest with myself.

It's always been a mantra to me, when making music or creating art, that you have to be vulnerable.

'Blackheart' was the moment for me to really open up and let people into the world that is me.

To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.

You know how they say, "Find your voice"? That's your voice, in your pajamas. And it doesn't mean that you're going to publish it or print it or people are going to see you in your pajamas. It just means you are going to construct the foundation in your pajamas, in that voice.

You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful.

Everyone always comes to one point in their life as an artist where you can either let your heart guide you or your ego.

I need theatre for my equilibrium because in theatre, the actors don't care so much about image, about celebrity; you are more independent.

He has found his style, when he cannot do otherwise.

Growing up, I wasn't as comfortable expressing myself as I am now, and I think that's why I chose acting: because it's acceptable to have your feelings. It's a place that they want you to feel. Whereas in life, growing up, it was 'Be quiet!' and 'Keep it to yourself.'

My music is the most 'me' thing about me. Everything is in my music.

When I look at the majority of my own songs they really came from my own sense of personal confusion or need to express some pain or beauty - they were coming from a universal and personal place.

In all the writers I admire, the common detonator is their courage to walk naked.

I had something I was trying to say and sometimes the message is an easy transmission and sometimes it's a difficult one but I love the power of saying it so I'm gonna do it whether it's hard or easy.

The thing running through me is the same thing that writes songs. It's the fighter about to get into the ring. It's like, I'm not here to entertain you; I'm here to get this out, whatever it is.

My greatest achievement is being able to write records that are real snapshots of what's going on in my life. I won't repeat myself for the sake of commerce, or to please other people.

To me, having the courage to tell your own story goes hand in hand with having the curiosity and humility to listen to others' stories.

All that writers can do is keep trying to say what is deepest in their hearts.