I just don’t like to do a lot of the normal things expected of other artists. I’m not trying to be difficult; I’m just trying to stick with what it is I want to do. Damien Rice Read Quote
The more I push myself to really live and really experience things and step outside of my comfort zone, the more the songs are allowed to flow. Damien Rice Read Quote
I don’t want to stand in front of a whole lot of fakeys. If I’m going to meet someone and say hello, I want to feel like I’m really meeting that person, not a masked version. I want to give that to people when they meet me. You don’t have to like it. I’m not looking for you to like it; I’m looking to be myself. Damien Rice Read Quote
I was on paper earning more money and having more success than I’d ever had. And it was also the most miserable I’ve ever been. When those things collided, I realised something was off. That’s when I started poking around to figure out what was wrong. Damien Rice Read Quote
There’s a Nina Simone record that I love, ‘Live at Vine Street,’ and she sings flat on it. I can imagine she might’ve told the record label, ‘Oh, God, you’re not releasing that!’ But I’m glad they did. Damien Rice Read Quote
I’m not the guy that wants to be famous and make loads of money and sell loads of records. I don’t want that. I just want to be true. I want to be… I want to serve music. I want to be honest. Damien Rice Read Quote
The thing running through me is the same thing that writes songs. It’s the fighter about to get into the ring. It’s like, I’m not here to entertain you; I’m here to get this out, whatever it is. Damien Rice Read Quote
There are a bunch of songs that I think are beautiful recordings, and I’m proud of them, but I’ve no interest in listening to them. Damien Rice Read Quote
I opened up every can of worms I could. I got to the place where I would peel back one layer, and then another layer, and the stuff that would come up underneath was so inspiring, it made me want to write about it. Damien Rice Read Quote
When I started off in music, I started with a real innocence, a real love for the instrument, the writing the songs, the playing the songs and the sharing and the recording and experimenting. It was exciting. Then, this thing called success came, and something happened at some point where I became disenchanted, and I lost the innocence. Damien Rice Read Quote
