Damien Rice
Damien Rice
Damien Riceis an Irish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer who plays piano, guitar, percussion and clarinet...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth7 December 1973
CityCelbridge, Ireland
CountryIreland
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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.
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When I'm in a place like Iceland, I allow myself to take a little more time to divert off onto other paths creatively for a while and see what comes to me.
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I'm not the guy that wants to be famous and make loads of money and sell loads of records. I don't want that. I just want to be true. I want to be... I want to serve music. I want to be honest.
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Music enables me to cleanse and shed the things that I feel are holding me back from growing, or growing up.
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I am really curious about life, about why we are all here. I notice my skin is ageing, things are changing, I've seen people dying, so that's the train we are all on.
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I opened up every can of worms I could. I got to the place where I would peel back one layer, and then another layer, and the stuff that would come up underneath was so inspiring, it made me want to write about it.