Laura Marling Quotes

I just want to make music as long as I can and reach as many people as I can.

When I do music, I do it for me and my fans.

I didn't start making music in order to be famous.

If I'm inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.

My whole life is geared to play guitar. I play what I want when I want and I hope the listener gets as much pleasure listening to the music as I get playing it.

I genuinely find the most meaningful thing I do is to make music, but also to absorb some sort of creativity.

I play guitar and write music, and that's definitely a huge part of my life, but it's my personal thing that I have for me.

I'm not happy if I'm not making music; it's as simple as that. It's a need.

Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me.

I write music because I love it. Sometimes more than anything in the world.

It was a really strange way that I came into music. Once I gave voice to it, the pit of emotions that I guess I knew was inside of me for a long time, the stream never really stopped.

With this new album, I prepared for it a long time, and I was happy with the songs and the production. I felt that I proved myself with the first album, and with this new album, I just want to share some of my music. And that was always my feeling and my intention.

I don't feel like I'm on a mission. I'm trying to play music that I like to play and like to listen to.

That's what I've tried to do: I've tried to make music that I really love.

If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.

If I have an audience, I'd like to make music for my whole life. But it's not really up to me.

I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is something I need.

I always say that music is a small drop in the ocean of life. I was told a long time ago that your horn, or whatever instrument you play, is a means to be in the world.

Music is where I started. It's kind of the base of everything.

If I don't create, I don't exist.

We've never been satisfied with just making 'me' music. What we're doing is trying to go to a place of some reverence.

When you have a relationship with music, and it's that deeply a part of your life, it's so much more than a career choice for me. It's an extension of who I am.

I create music for myself first of all because if I'm not happy with the music I create, I can't make anybody else happy.

When I became a songwriter, it was out of some sort of desperation. I needed to create something. I had to latch on to something, and the guitar was what I grabbed.

I was always singing as a kid. That's honestly all I've ever wanted to do.