Honestly, I've been reading a lot of books on visual art. I've been reading a lot of books by Olivia Lang, I've… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
I guess I want to be a voice for the kid. I mean, it sounds quite contrived, but I want to make… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, there weren't that many queer girls of colour making music. So I just wanted to be able… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
What I want to do with my music is to just encourage vulnerability, and to talk about things even if they're uncomfortable.… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
When I started making my own music I was listening to people like Erykah Badu and Elliott Smith. I think I always… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
I'm quite a dreamy person but I'm also very realistic about my possibilities, so if this was meant to remain a hobby… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
As I'm writing a song, I focus on the music and try not to let my mind wander too much, but if… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
There are so many individuals. We're not going to all have the same ways of being or priorities or personalities. You can't… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
Yeah, it can be dangerous to kind of try and target your art to a certain type of people! You don't know… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
There's nothing that compares to actually being in a room and having that sense of collective experience, feeling the music in your… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
I think that there was a part of me that hoped that maybe people will be able to connect to what I… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
All of my songs are so hyper-specific - that they can seem universal is a beautiful thing. — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
When I was younger, music really saved me, and felt like a refuge for me when I was in quite a lost… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
I'm very extroverted - I'm really social. People have a sense I'm a reserved wallflower, but that's not who I am. My… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
My dad loved jazz, so there was a little Miles Davis, Otis Redding, Donny Hathaway. My mum is French, so she'd listen… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
Most of my songs are based off poetry, but I mainly write to write. I never know which form the words are… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
When you start doing music as your job and there are so many peripheral things around it, it's great to have a… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
Minneapolis has always been a mythical place for me because my mom is a massive Prince fan. — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
It's important to have a moment where you just stop and look at where you came from. — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
Honestly, I've been reading a lot of books on visual art. I've been reading a lot of books by Olivia Lang, I've been listening… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
When things started to take off, I had more and more to do, and things were happening but I didn't quite have the time… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
It sounds cheesy to say it, but I think my motivation has always been to help others. — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
Sometimes the world is just weird and you have to just roll with the punches. — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
I was very in my own head as a kid. But I liked it there! I was just writing poetry, writing stories, writing plays.… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
I guess I want to be a voice for the kid. I mean, it sounds quite contrived, but I want to make music that… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
When I was younger, there was that desire to be cool and to fit in and to look a certain way. And I was… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, there weren't that many queer girls of colour making music. So I just wanted to be able to exist,… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
When I was seven, I sang 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' in assembly and the teachers were crying because it was so emotional! — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
What I want to do with my music is to just encourage vulnerability, and to talk about things even if they're uncomfortable. Everyone has… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
