'The Haunted Man' is about communication barriers between men and women, and in that song it's a woman's wait for her husband to come back from war. The vision for me was of a group of men and women on… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
I could talk for ages about how women are amazing, but essentially we shouldn't be manipulated by the media's expectations of our bodies. I'd recommend every woman to read 'Women Who Run with the Wolves' - it's about being in… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
Music's free and music's for everyone to enjoy and express and interpret. It transcends countries and times and decades. — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
I was brought up by the English side of my family, who are very repressed and working class. Absolutely lovely, but very English. — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
I think Deborah Harry has a really sexy, cool and quite playful sex-kitten kind of style I really like. — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
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… — Bat For Lashes Copy Share Image
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… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
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… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
David Bowie worked with Brian Eno and dressed up in extraordinary clothes, but he was also a brilliant songwriter who captured the thoughts of… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
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… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
When I was little, people like Talking Heads were on the radio. There was something geeky yet groundbreaking about them. — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
I had Halloween parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would actually put prosthetic noses on, and my… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
I think what I wanted to do was meet someone who knew more than me about songwriting structure and progressions and middle eights and… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
I always think that the exceptional people are those who remain outsiders but still communicate on a grand scale. I think I want everyone… — Bat for Lashes Copy Share Image
