When I first started writing, a friend said I should be careful because I'm letting people know how to reach right in… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
I get told I'm a confessional songwriter, which gets on my tits because I think of negative connotations attached to the word "confessional". I… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
One time I completely thought I'd turned into a werewolf and was sure I could see hairs sprouting from my face. At those times… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
I was born on a pig farm in Norfolk. We grew up in the city called Norwich in Norfolk, then I moved to London… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
Sugaring season is the season when you tap the trees for sugar that turns into maple syrup. I've married someone from Vermont, so it's… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
Even when I haven't had money, I found money to travel. It's a luxury that's a kind of necessity, I think. — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
Before you worry about what genre it is, about whether it's a loop or a drum, it's about what suits the song. It's using… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
Norfolk is not on the way to anywhere, you don't stop off on the way somewhere else - it's an end in itself. You… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
The upside to smoking is that you get to be social. I was looking for a light when I bumped into Ben Harper's manager.… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
I want it to be more universal than that - like a painter doesn't have to explain his life story away to justify his… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
I was scared of the Bible - it seemed whenever I read it I got bad luck. Then I befriended a couple of Jesus's… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
My dad got me a chemistry book one Christmas and I burnt the garden shed down. I remember there was the most beautiful smell… — Beth Orton Copy Share Image
