Armatrading Joan Quotes & Sayings

In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and it's just the same. — Joan Armatrading

Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of those three options, and you must choose now. Then accept the consequences. — Eckhart Tolle

When you're on tour you definitely don't want lots of arguments. It's very important that everybody gets on because you're in close proximity a great deal of the time. — Joan Armatrading

The object of words is to conceal thoughts. — Adrian Barnes

I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians. — Joan Armatrading

Writing music is just something that I was born to do. — Joan Armatrading

Once you realize that you have identified a passion, invest in yourself. Figure out what you need to know, what kind of experience and expertise you need to develop to do the things that you feel in your heart you will enjoy and that will sustain you both mentally and economically. — Martha Stewart

So if you're on tour for eight months, a year ... or whatever it is you definitely don't want arguments and I'm happy to say that I've always had a really nice bunch of people around me all the time. — Joan Armatrading

You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I'd like more people to know that it's there. Women's achievements still aren't recognised enough in many areas. — Joan Armatrading

This band - because this is myself on electric and acoustic guitars - we've done three tours together now and I really, really like it which is why I did the DVD as well. — Joan Armatrading

I've always written in a free, unencumbered way. — Joan Armatrading

That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well - and just have fun on stage. — Joan Armatrading

I want to work endlessly and tirelessly until I'm an old, old lady. — Ginnifer Goodwin

I am not in love / But I'm open to persuasion. — Joan Armatrading

All your travelling is together, you eat together, you're on stage as a band together, when you get to the sound-check the band and the crew are all together. — Joan Armatrading

The sentiments in Hawaii about Washington's failure of leadership are no different than the rest of the country. — Ed Case

And so, the youngsters you have today, even though there are far fewer of them - in World War II 16.5 million men and women in uniform, today roughly a million in uniform in spite of the fact that the country is almost twice as large a population as we had in World War II. — Oliver North

So I've had lots of different bands over the years who have stayed with me for certain tours. — Joan Armatrading

It's a very organic process, and it has a specific order to it. I love to write, and once you've written, then you arrange. After the arrangement, you record it, and then you tour it. — Joan Armatrading

My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs. — Joan Armatrading

When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didn't have time. — Joan Armatrading

Whichever age you are, that's the best age. I'm a very "now" person. — Joan Armatrading

I'd love to have a fashion range; I've been dressed by the amazing Vivienne Westwood, and fashion is something I'm a huge fan of. — Jessie J.

Yes, but the great thing about all the people - and I don't think there is any exception - who I've worked with is they've all been very, very talented musicians. — Joan Armatrading

I bet," Lula said. "If it was me I would have been burning out the motor on my intimate appliances. — Janet Evanovich

One of them would definitely be the Nelson Mandela gig, when I played the tribute song for him. He was up and dancing, and he really enjoyed it. It was a really lovely occasion. — Joan Armatrading

Is the any model like morality? — Lailah Gifty Akita

Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture it. — Joan Armatrading

My mum loved Joan Armatrading and used to play her records all the time and even took me to see her a couple of times when I was really quite young. I didn't really like her music back then because my mum was always playing it, but I've grown to appreciate it more. — Katy B

Men go to musicals. Women are the ones who buy the tickets for plays. — John O'Hara

Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like. — Joan Armatrading

By seeing it allowed to their officers, they will not be convinced that it is taken from them for their good; and by receiving nothing in its place, they will not believe that it is done in kindness. On the contrary, many of them look upon the change as a new instrument of tyranny. — Richard Henry Dana Jr.

So, the combination of looking at lots of different people and how they react to each other and how they relate to each other and waiting for that inspiration is the thing that allows me to keep writing. — Joan Armatrading

I've written what and when I want to. It's been about expressing myself. But with the degree, I had to learn to do everything in a very specific, disciplined way. I am very disciplined, but this demanded a totally different kind of discipline. A real challenge. — Joan Armatrading

Writing is all about self-editing; it's all about being present being aware of what's happening — Joan Armatrading

Yesterday I was playing Beethoven's fifth, because I love that. — Joan Armatrading

I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people come unstuck when they try to change what they do and what they are known for. — Joan Armatrading

As we approach the crucial battleground, believe that our blades will not shatter.
Believe that our resolve will not weaken.
Though our paths may diverge, our iron hearts remain together.
Swear, that though the land itself may break asunder...We will come back alive! ~Renji Abarai — Tite Kubo

Just an hour with you, and I understand why we had to meet. — Joan Armatrading

Right from day one, you know when you've written a good song. — Joan Armatrading

I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the process. — Joan Armatrading