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
closest songs tend
I never edit the songs that come out. And they tend to come out as a whole. The closest thing I have ever done to editing them is just cutting out a verse, but never rewriting lyrics.
capable change conclusion fascinated slightly whether
I am slightly fascinated by the question of whether humanity is capable of change. I may have come to the conclusion that we're not, but we keep trying.
girlfriend mean thinking
I sound awful saying it but I think it can be like that. I see a lot of people in unstimulating relationships. And not just boyfriend-girlfriend relationships. They find themselves in stagnant friendships. If people were a little less scared [of ending things] they'd get more out of life… You meet the right person at the right time and they fulfil a certain something in your life. You fulfil something in theirs. But there's a time limit to that. Unless you choose to be bloody good company for the rest of your life, do you know what I mean?
cities able living-in-the-city
I like living in the city, but I like being able to get out of it as and when I like.
records want kind
No one starts playing my kind of music to make a fortune. But I do want to keep doing what I do and I do want to continue selling records. And I would, eventually, quite like some money.
confused thinking maturity
Age is relative. Experience is relative. And I think often intensity is confused with maturity.
want needs records
I don't need to sell tons of records, but I want longevity. I want to make music for the rest of my life.
breeze ifs
But if i sit here and weep I'll be blown over by the slightest of breeze
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.
scared fear-of-death
Why fear death? Be scared of living.
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.
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,