"I've had a wordless phase, and that's still……" — Beth Gibbons
"I've had a wordless phase, and that's still not entirely over: what I sing is not always literally meant that way, and you can hear that in the way it is sung."
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14 Quotes by Beth Gibbons
Beth Gibbons has 14 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- There's not only emotion in the way you sing but also in what you sing. That way I can compensate…
- Most of the lyrics are over a year old, and it doesn't feel like it's about me. Time created a…
- Let's get one thing straight: there's no such thing as the Bristol sound.
- The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still…
- I try to imagine how we would live if we didn't know we were going to die. Would we live…
- I am a very sensitive person, very impulsive and emotional.
- I think that after a year of Portishead I've become a little more sober.
- I've just put my heart and soul in a song and need at least a week to recover.
- I thought I had a clear picture of death, but now I know it's a mystery and it will always…
- You feel the music needs something but you don't know what. So you start searching, fitting, measuring, trying. Every time…
- A lot of people question my image and why I do what I do, and the answer is because this…
- I still don't like doing interviews. I hardly do any... I hope this will be the last one for a…