--- title: "15 People Quotes By Bat for Lashes" description: "15 People quotes by Bat for Lashes. Plus more from Bat for Lashes and more People sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ae/bat-for-lashes-9901_always_i-always-think-that-the-exceptional-peop_501106.jpg" --- > [I always think that the exceptional people are those who remain outsiders but still communicate on a grand scale. I think I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/i-always-think-that-the-exceptional-people-are-those-who-remain/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ae/bat-for-lashes-9901_always_i-always-think-that-the-exceptional-peop_501106.jpg) > [All of the art that I love is about peeling back layers and delving into something that's in a subconscious or dream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/all-of-the-art-that-i-love-is-about-peeling-back-layers-and-delving/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b7/bat-for-lashes-9901_about_all-of-the-art-that-i-love-is-about-peel_2615793.jpg) > [I get people being frightened of me. One time I did this photo shoot where I had hairy armpits - I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/i-get-people-being-frightened-of-me-one-time-i-did-this-photo-shoot/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b72/bat-for-lashes-9901_armpits_i-get-people-being-frightened-of-me-one_2385203.jpg) > [The way you wield your power is about using it to afford you opportunities that you wouldn't otherwise have. So I'm very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/the-way-you-wield-your-power-is-about-using-it-to-afford-you/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/bat-for-lashes-9901_about_the-way-you-wield-your-power-is-about-us_2051034.jpg) > [I live in a Moomin house in East London which I fill with blankets and nice crockery and get people round for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/i-live-in-a-moomin-house-in-east-london-which-i-fill-with-blankets/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/bat-for-lashes-9901_blankets_i-live-in-a-moomin-house-in-east-london_1950104.jpg) > [There's something in me that loves to inspire people: when I'm playing music, I imagine all this sparkly stardust going through everyone.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/there-s-something-in-me-that-loves-to-inspire-people-when-i-m-playing/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/bat-for-lashes-9901_alive_there-s-something-in-me-that-loves-to-in_87258.jpg) > [When I was little, people like Talking Heads were on the radio. There was something geeky yet groundbreaking about them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/when-i-was-little-people-like-talking-heads-were-on-the-radio-there/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/218/bat-for-lashes-9901_about_when-i-was-little-people-like-talking-he_255670.jpg) > [I like it when people make an effort to wear things that you wouldn't normally put together - I like eccentrics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/i-like-it-when-people-make-an-effort-to-wear-things-that-you-wouldn-t/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c4/bat-for-lashes-9901_effort_i-like-it-when-people-make-an-effort-to_2098279.jpg) > [I've hidden behind my hair more than clothes. Sometimes having long hair with a fringe is very useful when you don't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/i-ve-hidden-behind-my-hair-more-than-clothes-sometimes-having-long/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77f/bat-for-lashes-9901_behind_i-ve-hidden-behind-my-hair-more-than-clo_1110539.jpg) > [Mentorship is really important. I really like to talk to people who have been in the music industry much longer than me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/mentorship-is-really-important-i-really-like-to-talk-to-people-who/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82d/bat-for-lashes-9901_about_mentorship-is-really-important-i-really_1000116.jpg) > [It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/it-can-be-frightening-to-turn-your-back-on-what-others-think-is-right/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/bat-for-lashes-9901_accept_it-can-be-frightening-to-turn-your-back_2524054.jpg) > [I think there's a karmic purpose that souls make before they decide to come into people's bodies and become someone's parent, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/i-think-there-s-a-karmic-purpose-that-souls-make-before-they-decide/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/bat-for-lashes-9901_become_i-think-there-s-a-karmic-purpose-that-so_1399583.jpg) > [I feel empathy for people who are trapped in a prison of self-consciousness in an uncomfortable way. We can be free, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/i-feel-empathy-for-people-who-are-trapped-in-a-prison-of-self/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/076/bat-for-lashes-9901_back_i-feel-empathy-for-people-who-are-trappe_3128215.jpg) > [The first album I started out, I just did everything completely alone. I think it has to do with confidence. The more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/the-first-album-i-started-out-i-just-did-everything-completely-alone/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c6/bat-for-lashes-9901_album_the-first-album-i-started-out-i-just-did_1135192.jpg) > [I find it really interesting that people are shocked by the raw, natural representation of a woman and a man's body. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/i-find-it-really-interesting-that-people-are-shocked-by-the-raw/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a7/bat-for-lashes-9901_body_i-find-it-really-interesting-that-people_1676813.jpg) ## Other authors on People - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 856 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 843 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 724 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 624 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 488 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 367 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. 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Maxwell 249 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/john-c-maxwell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terry-pratchett-89528.jpg) Terry Pratchett 244 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/terry-pratchett/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-gates-17911.jpg) Bill Gates 223 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/bill-gates/) ## More by Bat for Lashes > [Music's free and music's for everyone to enjoy and express and interpret. It transcends countries and times and decades.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/music-s-free-and-music-s-for-everyone-to-enjoy-and-express-and/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) > [I was brought up by the English side of my family, who are very repressed and working class. Absolutely lovely, but very English.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/i-was-brought-up-by-the-english-side-of-my-family-who-are-very/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) > [I think Deborah Harry has a really sexy, cool and quite playful sex-kitten kind of style I really like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/i-think-deborah-harry-has-a-really-sexy-cool-and-quite-playful-sex/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) > [We walked arm in arm but I didn't feel his touch a desire I'd first tried to hide. That tingling inside was gone and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/we-walked-arm-in-arm-but-i-didn-t-feel-his-touch-a-desire-i-d-first/) [Bat For Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) > [There's something in me that loves to inspire people: when I'm playing music, I imagine all this sparkly stardust going through everyone. I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/there-s-something-in-me-that-loves-to-inspire-people-when-i-m-playing/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) > [It's very much to do with how I'm feeling ... I love to be experimental and use eclectic mismatched things and put them together…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/it-s-very-much-to-do-with-how-i-m-feeling-i-love-to-be-experimental/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) > [David Bowie worked with Brian Eno and dressed up in extraordinary clothes, but he was also a brilliant songwriter who captured the thoughts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/david-bowie-worked-with-brian-eno-and-dressed-up-in-extraordinary/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) > [There's a part of me that wishes I could go out in T-shirt and jeans, 'cause I really love Patti Smith, Cat Power, girls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/there-s-a-part-of-me-that-wishes-i-could-go-out-in-t-shirt-and-jeans/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) > [When I was little, people like Talking Heads were on the radio. There was something geeky yet groundbreaking about them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/when-i-was-little-people-like-talking-heads-were-on-the-radio-there/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) > [I had Halloween parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would actually put prosthetic noses on, and my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/i-had-halloween-parties-every-year-as-it-was-my-birthday-five-days/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) > [I think what I wanted to do was meet someone who knew more than me about songwriting structure and progressions and middle eights and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/i-think-what-i-wanted-to-do-was-meet-someone-who-knew-more-than-me/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) > [I always think that the exceptional people are those who remain outsiders but still communicate on a grand scale. I think I want everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/i-always-think-that-the-exceptional-people-are-those-who-remain/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) > [Each album takes two or two-and-a-half years to finish between recording and touring. It's like being with an old boyfriend every single night watching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/each-album-takes-two-or-two-and-a-half-years-to-finish-between/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) > [I was a nursery school teacher, and I worked with youth groups. I loved that job. It was exhausting, but you got a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/i-was-a-nursery-school-teacher-and-i-worked-with-youth-groups-i-loved/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) > [I find the world pretty overwhelming, so I'm getting into meditation and doing lots of yoga. And I love my garden, and I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/i-find-the-world-pretty-overwhelming-so-i-m-getting-into-meditation/) [Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/bat-for-lashes/#itemlist", "name": "15 People Quotes By Bat for Lashes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I always think that the exceptional people are those who remain outsiders but still communicate on a grand scale. 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