Ray LaMontagne Quotes

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Don't let your eyes refuse to seeDon't let your ears refuse to hear

Ray LaMontagne

Eye, Ears, Refuse

Song: Hold You In My Arms, Album: Trouble, 2004

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Well, I looked my demons in the eyes
laid bare my chest, said 'Do your best, destroy me.
You see, I’ve been to hell and back so many times,
I must admit you kind of bore me.

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Eye, Hell And Back, Kind

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There's nothing in the world so sad as talking to a man who never knew his life was his for making.

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Men, Talking, World

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Well it's the hurt I hide that fuels the fires
inside me

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Hurt, Fire, Fuel

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We all have that inner voice that is wise, even if we don't always follow it. It's that voice I'm trying to listen to.

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Wise, Voice, Trying

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Every song asks to be sung in a different way.

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Song, Different, Way

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You have to believe in yourself before anybody else believes in you.

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Believe, Believe In Yourself, Believe In You

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The thing I love about music is that you can take things that are painful, deep things that hurt you, and you can turn them into something beautiful.

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Beautiful, Hurt, Things I Love

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I never learned to count my blessings
I choose instead to dwell in my disasters

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Blessing, Disaster, My Blessing

Song: Empty

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Now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turnin' gold Turnin' from the past, at last and all I've left behind.

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Moving, Past, Sky

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There's a real sense of desperation when you grow up in poverty.

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Growing Up, Real, Poverty

"Ray LaMontagne: Digging Deep And Doing What He Does" by Ellen Sterling, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 2, 2010.

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I can't get excited by my own music. It's impossible.

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Impossible, Excited, My Own

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You can make bad choices and find yourself in a downward spiral or you can find something that gets you out of it.

Ray LaMontagne

Choices, Finding Yourself, Spirals

"Ray LaMontagne: Digging Deep And Doing What He Does" by Ellen Sterling, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 2, 2010.

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It's so easy to get caught up in your own experiences. They can seem so important. But there are billions and billions of other experiences going on.

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Important, Easy, Caught

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I feel calm when I'm on my own.

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Calm, Feels, My Own

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I don't like myself, and I don't like to be looked at.

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I need space between me and the audience - and the more space the better.

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Space, Needs, Space Between

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I'd much rather be playing songs than talking to people.

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Song, Talking, People

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Writing songs is not something I wanted to share with people for a long time. It was precious to me. I didnt want someone to crush it. I waited until I felt strong enough to take the criticism.

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Crush, Song, Strong

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I am very self-critical, but that's a good thing because it keeps me growing as a human being and as a musician.

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Self, Musician, Growing

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When I think of folk music, I think of topical songs. And I don't write topical songs.

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Song, Writing, Thinking

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My voice sucks. I don't like the tone.

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Voice, Tone

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I want to be in control of my own destiny.

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Destiny, Want, My Own

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I want to write music that will outlive me.

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Writing, Want

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It bugs me that people think my songs are personal because it means I have to explain myself all the time.

Ray LaMontagne

Song, Mean, Thinking

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Born: June 18, 1973
Occupation: Singer-songwriter
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