Laura Marling
Laura Marling
Laura Beatrice Marlingis an English folk singer-songwriter and musician from Eversley, Hampshire. Her debut album Alas, I Cannot Swim, her second album I Speak Because I Can, and her fourth album Once I Was An Eagle were each nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2008, 2010, and 2013, respectively. She won the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist at the 2011 Brit Awards, and was nominated for the same award at the 2012, 2014 and 2016 Brit...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth1 February 1990
struggle be-good
I'd prefer to be good, but I'm not always. I struggle.
responsibility choices feelings
Now that I'm feeling the responsibilities of adulthood, the choices we make become an incredible weight.
who-i-am needs isolation
I need some isolation, it's necessary to me, that's just who I am. I need to be left alone.
friendship sound-quality people
People don't appreciate music any more. They don't adore it. They don't buy vinyl and just love it. They love their laptops like their best friend, but they don't love a record for its sound quality and its artwork.
heart mind dull
I find it dull when my heart meets my mind
decision important unhappiness
I made an important decision, which was to pursue happiness. Rather than accept unhappiness. That's why I'm here, and it's great. I'm in a very good place in my life.
scared fear-of-death
Why fear death? Be scared of living.
confused knowing age
I feel increasingly like age is very irrelevant. Quite often, cynicism is confused with wisdom, and my scorn is confused with a knowing, which I don't have.
speak enough because-i-can
I speak because I can to anyone I trust enough to listen.
falling-in-love heart pieces
I love the way you can fall in love with a piece of literature; how words alone can get your heart doing that.
hate
I do so hate to be forced to be anything than other than what I am.
forever friends-forever
A friend is a friend forever And a good one will never leave, never
father done remember
I remember my father playing me Same Situation when I was a nipper, and saying how nobody since has done melodies as well as Joni Mitchell. I concur. The thing that most affected me was just her resonance, and that is something she must have been born with.
firsts young stills
I'm the first to admit that I'm still pretty young,