Nick Drake Quotes & Sayings

Time has told me not to ask for more, someday our ocean will find its shore. — Nick Drake

I never felt magic crazy as this
I never saw moons knew the meaning of the sea
I never held emotion in the palm of my hand
Or felt sweet breezes in the top of a tree
But now you're here
Brighten my northern sky. — Nick Drake

The purpose of collecting so much information can only be power. — Nick Drake

I saw it written and I saw it say
Pink moon is on its way
And none of you stand so tall
Pink Moon gonna get you all — Nick Drake

I just need your star for a day. — Nick Drake

So forget this cruel world
Where I belong
I'll just sit and wait
And sing my song.
And if one day you should see me in the crowd
Lend a hand and lift me
To your place in the cloud. — Nick Drake

I woke early like a condemned man to the naivety of birdsong. — Nick Drake

If songs were lines
In a conversation
The situation would be fine — Nick Drake

Fame is but a fruit tree- so very unsound. It can never flourish 'till its stock is in the ground. — Nick Drake

Do you like what you're doing/would you do it some more/or will you stop once and wonder what you're doing it for? — Nick Drake

And see she flies, and she is everywhere. — Nick Drake

And I am ashamed to write here that I felt more alive than ever, even though my heart was broken glass in my chest. — Nick Drake

If you would and you could brighten my northern sky. — Nick Drake

Life is but a memory Happened long ago. Theatre full of sadness For a long forgotten show. — Nick Drake

You're a rare rare find A troubled cure For a troubled mind — Nick Drake

I think there's something extraordinarily nice about seeing the dawn up before one goes to bed, [] there's something uncanny about it. — Nick Drake

Please beware of them that stare
They'll only smile to see you while
Your time away
And once you've seen what they have been
To win the earth just won't seem worth
Your night or your day — Nick Drake

It's too cowardly, and besides, I don't have the courage. [on why he hadn't killed himself yet] — Nick Drake

You can say the sun is shinning if you really want to
I can see the moon and it seems so clear
You can take the road that takes you to the stars now
I can take the road that'll see me through — Nick Drake