Laura Marling

I do so hate to be forced to be anything than other than what I am.

— Laura Marling

Lover please do not fall to your knees it's not like I believe in everlasting love

— Laura Marling

I remember my father playing me Same Situation when I was a nipper, and saying how nobody since has done melodies as…

— Laura Marling

I don't have much to complain about in life, because I've lived a very privileged existence and continue to. I just think,…

— Laura Marling

I think your most intimate thoughts are only honest when they're in your head.

— Laura Marling

I'm a songwriter, and I understand artistic licence. We can embellish, go on little journeys and explore our inner selves. It can…

— Laura Marling

I've noticed that, with many of the authors I like, I tend to think I would dislike them as human beings or…

— Laura Marling

I know there are lots of positives in the evolution of technology, but I also think it will be responsible for the…

— Laura Marling

I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.

— Laura Marling

I definitely tell things at arm's length but that is conscious. No part of me wants everybody to know what's going on.

— Laura Marling

My songs are not pretty. They're what I call optimistic realism.

— Laura Marling

I've got my laptop, but it troubles me in many ways. I don't have Twitter or Facebook or anything like that. It…

— Laura Marling

I am quite competitive. In stupid things like card games.

— Laura Marling

People don't appreciate music any more. They don't adore it. They don't buy vinyl and just love it. They love their laptops…

— Laura Marling

I'm a lot more observational than personal in my writing. My writing is mostly a lot of questions without answers.

— Laura Marling

I've been quite fascinated by the relative insignificance of human existence, the shortness of life. We might as well be a letter…

— Laura Marling

I feel increasingly like age is very irrelevant. Quite often, cynicism is confused with wisdom, and my scorn is confused with a…

— Laura Marling

Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.

— Laura Marling

The female psyche is inherently self-sufficient, because female sexuality is inherently self-sufficient. I think women are maybe more comfortable, or women are…

— Laura Marling

I like living in the city, but I like being able to get out of it as and when I like.

— Laura Marling

“I cannot love, I want to be alone I will not love, I want to be alone”

— Laura Marling

Women are presented with a very narrow aspect of the female narrative. And now we live in a culture and a time…

— Laura Marling

Age is relative. Experience is relative. And I think often intensity is confused with maturity.

— Laura Marling

I sound awful saying it but I think it can be like that. I see a lot of people in unstimulating relationships.…

— Laura Marling

A friend is a friend forever And a good one will never leave, never

— Laura Marling