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
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,
womanhood
Womanhood is something you dont consider until it hits you.
lonely reality thinking
I think everybody who relates to music is kind of isolated. It's lonely. Everyone who uses the creative side of their brain is that much removed from reality. They are looking for answers wherever they can find them.
practice trying realising
It took a lot of time and practice for me to realise that there's no point trying to be something you're not.
want arms conscious
I definitely tell things at arm's length but that is conscious. No part of me wants everybody to know what's going on.
freak blame neurotic
I'm incredibly neurotic and a control freak. I like the thought that if there's going to be anyone to blame it's going to be me.
conversation either perform
When I'm singing I feel like I'm talking to someone. I'm in conversation when I perform - either with myself or with whomever is listening.
becoming danger evolution lots mass positives production specific technology unique
I know there are lots of positives in the evolution of technology, but I also think it will be responsible for the end of a unique character, of a specific kind of geographical culture. The world is getting so small, and mass production is getting so big. Everything is in danger of becoming the same.
artistic journeys quite
I'm a songwriter, and I understand artistic licence. We can embellish, go on little journeys and explore our inner selves. It can be quite self-indulgent.
bit confirmed hard move people quite reminded somewhere unusually
It is quite hard to relax in London. I always say I'd move somewhere quieter, but I am a bit of a confirmed urbanite now - it crept up on me without me noticing. I always think that I function quite well on my own, unusually so, but then I'm reminded how important people are to me.