Ray LaMontagne Quotes

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• Don't let your eyes refuse to seeDon't let your ears refuse to hear

  Ray LaMontagne

  Eye, Ears, Refuse

  Song: Hold You In My Arms, Album: Trouble, 2004

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• Well, I looked my demons in the eyes
  laid bare my chest, said 'Do your best, destroy me.
  You see, I’ve been to hell and back so many times,
  I must admit you kind of bore me.

  Ray LaMontagne

  Eye, Hell And Back, Kind

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• There's nothing in the world so sad as talking to a man who never knew his life was his for making.

  Ray LaMontagne

  Men, Talking, World

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• Well it's the hurt I hide that fuels the fires
  inside me

  Ray LaMontagne

  Hurt, Fire, Fuel

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• We all have that inner voice that is wise, even if we don't always follow it. It's that voice I'm trying to listen to.

  Ray LaMontagne

  Wise, Voice, Trying

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• Every song asks to be sung in a different way.

  Ray LaMontagne

  Song, Different, Way

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• You have to believe in yourself before anybody else believes in you.

  Ray LaMontagne

  Believe, Believe In Yourself, Believe In You

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• The thing I love about music is that you can take things that are painful, deep things that hurt you, and you can turn them into something beautiful.

  Ray LaMontagne

  Beautiful, Hurt, Things I Love

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• I never learned to count my blessings
  I choose instead to dwell in my disasters

  Ray LaMontagne

  Blessing, Disaster, My Blessing

  Song: Empty

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• Now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turnin' gold Turnin' from the past, at last and all I've left behind.

  Ray LaMontagne

  Moving, Past, Sky

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• There's a real sense of desperation when you grow up in poverty.

  Ray LaMontagne

  Growing Up, Real, Poverty

  "Ray LaMontagne: Digging Deep And Doing What He Does" by Ellen Sterling, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 2, 2010.

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• I don't like myself, and I don't like to be looked at.

  Ray LaMontagne

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• I can't get excited by my own music. It's impossible.

  Ray LaMontagne

  Impossible, Excited, My Own

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• You can make bad choices and find yourself in a downward spiral or you can find something that gets you out of it.

  Ray LaMontagne

  Choices, Finding Yourself, Spirals

  "Ray LaMontagne: Digging Deep And Doing What He Does" by Ellen Sterling, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 2, 2010.

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• I feel calm when I'm on my own.

  Ray LaMontagne

  Calm, Feels, My Own

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• I need space between me and the audience - and the more space the better.

  Ray LaMontagne

  Space, Needs, Space Between

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• It's so easy to get caught up in your own experiences. They can seem so important. But there are billions and billions of other experiences going on.

  Ray LaMontagne

  Important, Easy, Caught

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• Writing songs is not something I wanted to share with people for a long time. It was precious to me. I didnt want someone to crush it. I waited until I felt strong enough to take the criticism.

  Ray LaMontagne

  Crush, Song, Strong

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• I'd much rather be playing songs than talking to people.

  Ray LaMontagne

  Song, Talking, People

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• I am very self-critical, but that's a good thing because it keeps me growing as a human being and as a musician.

  Ray LaMontagne

  Self, Musician, Growing

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• It bugs me that people think my songs are personal because it means I have to explain myself all the time.

  Ray LaMontagne

  Song, Mean, Thinking

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• Social situations, for me - it's very natural for me to be an observer. That's where I'm most comfortable. I observe things.

  Ray LaMontagne

  Natural, Social, Situation

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• I'm very uncomfortable in my own skin.

  Ray LaMontagne

  Skins, Uncomfortable, My Own

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• I refused then like I do now to let anybody tie me down

  Ray LaMontagne

  Ties

  Song: Old Before Your Time

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• When I pick up the guitar, it's a melody, and that's what drives the lyrics. It's bits and pieces of truth, but it is storytelling.

  Ray LaMontagne

  Guitar, Pieces, Storytelling

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