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title: "16 You Quotes By Bat for Lashes"
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> [I think music naturally wants to be played with more than one person. There's a surprise element, and you don't know what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/i-think-music-naturally-wants-to-be-played-with-more-than-one-person/)

[Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/)

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> [The creative part of your brain needs to be stimulated. Sometimes you get blocked in the thing you do, because there's so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/the-creative-part-of-your-brain-needs-to-be-stimulated-sometimes-you/)

[Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [When I'm doing just music all the time, it can get really overwhelming. It's always challenging to switch it up a bit.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/when-i-m-doing-just-music-all-the-time-it-can-get-really-overwhelming/)

[Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/)

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> [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/)

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> [I usually speak with all my drummers so that I write my songs with them in mind, and we'll have bass sounds,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/i-usually-speak-with-all-my-drummers-so-that-i-write-my-songs-with/)

[Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [I was a nursery school teacher, and I worked with youth groups. I loved that job. It was exhausting, but you got…](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/)

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> [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/)

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> [When I was writing my dissertation, I wrote about Freud and the process of sublimation, which is when you learn to stop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/when-i-was-writing-my-dissertation-i-wrote-about-freud-and-the/)

[Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/)

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> [I have been listening a lot to The Carpenters and Neil Diamond, Elton John, and thinking, like, 'God, it'd be great to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/i-have-been-listening-a-lot-to-the-carpenters-and-neil-diamond-elton/)

[Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/)

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> [I get invited to premieres, and I've been to a few fashion shows and stuff, but I always get really bored. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/i-get-invited-to-premieres-and-i-ve-been-to-a-few-fashion-shows-and/)

[Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/)

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> [To be a great artist, you need to know yourself as best as you possibly can. I live my life and delve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bat-for-lashes/to-be-a-great-artist-you-need-to-know-yourself-as-best-as-you/)

[Bat for Lashes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bat-for-lashes/)

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## Other authors on You

## 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/)

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