Lianne La Quotes & Sayings

I was in Milan, and somebody gave me a Trussardi diary, and I thought 'Genius.' Inside I put the Polaroids, how much film I shot, who I shot with. This way, for billing later on, I had all the information. — Sante D'Orazio

It's difficult for me to write in English as it's not my first language, but French is even worse because of my father's influence and because the comparisons that I - not even other people - would make. — Charlotte Gainsbourg

It's the love you have for yourself that's most important. — Lianne La Havas

I think I'm sort of blind to genre. As long as it has a sort of honesty about it, which I think you'll hear in whatever music you respond to, then I think it doesn't need to be called anything particularly. — Lianne La Havas

When I write I find a quiet place. — Lianne La Havas

I love the music of Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu and more recently the music of Laura Marling. All these women share a strength and a wisdom in their voices and music that really makes me want to make music and sing. — Lianne La Havas

Being bad at stuff is hard, and we all deal with it every day because we're all bad at stuff. — Graham Moore

The invigorating scent of the sea was nectar to her wearied body, the immensity of the lonely cliffs was silent and dreamlike. Her brain only remained conscious of its ceaseless, its intolerable torture of uncertainty. — Emmuska Orczy

I quite like ABBA. — Lianne La Havas

Women who have strong identities, who know themselves, really inspire me. — Lianne La Havas

I love Diane Keaton's style in 'Annie Hall,' but I like to think my own style is like a cross between 'Annie Hall' and Prince. — Lianne La Havas

In the depths of his soul Ivan Ilyich knew that he was dying ... he simply did not, he could not possibly understand it. The example of a syllogism he had studied in Kiesewetter's logic - Caius is a man, men are mortal, therefore Caius is mortal
had seemed to him all his life to be correct only in relation to Caius, but by no means himself. For the man Caius, man in general, it was perfectly correct; but he was not Caius and not man in general, he had always been quite, quite separate from all other human beings ... And Caius is indeed mortal, and it's right that he die, but for me, Vanya, Ivan Ilyich, with all my feelings and thoughts
for me it's another matter. And it cannot be that I should die. It would be too terrible.
So it felt to him. — Leo Tolstoy

I suppose I see myself as a modern soul artist. — Lianne La Havas

Sometimes on stage I prefer to feel more glamorous, so I'll go all out when it's a stage outfit like sparkly, colorful, and have a certain shape. If someone is watching it from far away they can maybe remember the shape or the color. — Lianne La Havas

Normally I begin writing a song with just with aim to express something, and sometimes I don't know what I want to express until a sentence comes to my head that will sum up everything about how I'm feeling at the time. — Lianne La Havas

I kind of always wanted my own music to just sound like, like me, I suppose, like if I was music it would be the music I make, I think. — Lianne La Havas

I maintain that I never expect anything, therefore I'm always pleasantly surprised. — Lianne La Havas

Self-consciousness, however, does hinder the experience of the present. It is the one instrument that unplugs all the rest. So long as I lose myself in a tree, say, I can scent its leafy breath or estimate its board feet of lumber, I can draw its fruits or boil tea on its branches, and the tree stays tree. But the second I become aware of myself at any of these activities
looking over my own shoulder, as it were
the tree vanishes, uprooted from the spot and flung out of sight as if it had never grown. And time, which had flowed down into the tree bearing new revelations like floating leaves at ever moment, ceases. It dams, stills, stagnates. (Harper Perennial Edition 82) — Annie Dillard

The most depressing part is that relationship instability, like home chaos, is a vicious cycle. As sociologists Paula Fornby and Andrew Cherlin found, a "growing body of literature suggests that children who experience multiple transitions in family structure may fare worse developmentally than children raised in stable two-parent families and perhaps even than children raised in stable, single-parent families." For — J.D. Vance

I love vintage and I shop vintage a lot because it's just such great value for money. — Lianne La Havas

I highly recommend time to yourself. — Lianne La Havas

My dad is Greek and my mum Jamaican. My grandparents brought me up for most of my childhood, but I saw my mum and dad all the time. — Lianne La Havas

I've always had this identity thing. When I was little, I was always changing my handwriting because I couldn't decide which one I liked best. — Lianne La Havas

I like to dress for my shape - I think it's important for women to do that generally - it makes me feel good. — Lianne La Havas

If I see an orchid that's fantastically expensive, I'll buy it. It's worth it, for no other reason than it gives me pleasure. — Lee Radziwill

I don't live in this soul music bubble. I love Young Thug, Drake, Kendrick Lamar. I even heard that Kendrick was a fan of my music. Hopefully there's a door open for us to do music together. He's one of my favorite artists. I love Jazmine Sullivan, Lianne la Havas, Usher, Ginuwine. It goes further than classic soul. — Leon Bridges

Impatience is really a condition for people with control issues; people become impatient, and angry, when they find themselves in any situation beyond their control. — Zane

America has receded from the world. Today our friends and allies don't trust us. And our enemies don't fear us. I think we should get back, number one, to American leadership in the world. — Ted Cruz

Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life over the social relations and institutions of men, to that extent denies the faith of the Master. — Walter Rauschenbusch

The dream never stops
But I see the end before I wake up.. — Lianne La Havas

It's really important that my lyrics are truthful. — Lianne La Havas

Well, I like shopping. — Lianne La Havas

Background for Humans — Wilferd Peterson