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I'm a private person.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Private Person
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I'm a very emotional person.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Emotional
Emotional Person
Persons
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I feel calm when I'm on my own.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Calm
Feels
My Own
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My voice sucks. I don't like the tone.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Tone
Voice
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I'm very uncomfortable in my own skin.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
My Own
Skins
Uncomfortable
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I want to be in control of my own destiny.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Destiny
My Own
Want
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I want to write music that will outlive me.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Want
Writing
Music Me Will
Outlive
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Every song asks to be sung in a different way.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Different
Song
Way
Sung
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I don't really think of myself as a folk singer.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Folks
Singers
Thinking
Folk
Folk Singer
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I can't get excited by my own music. It's impossible.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Excited
Impossible
My Own
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I don't like myself, and I don't like to be looked at.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Myself Like
Looked
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I refused then like I do now to let anybody tie me down
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
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Well it's the hurt I hide that fuels the fires inside me
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Fire
Fuel
Hurt
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I'd much rather be playing songs than talking to people.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
People
Song
Talking
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I have a strong sense of self, but that's not a negative thing.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Negative
Self
Strong
Strong Sense
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There's a real sense of desperation when you grow up in poverty.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Desperation
Growing Up
Poverty
Real
Grow Up
Real Sense
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Don't let your eyes refuse to seeDon't let your ears refuse to hear
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Ears
Eye
Refuse
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You have to believe in yourself before anybody else believes in you.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Believe
Believe In You
Believe In Yourself
Believe In Yourself Believe Yourself
Anybody
Anybody Else
Before
Else
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I need space between me and the audience - and the more space the better.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Space
Needs
Space Between
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My backstory is so tedious. I hope the interviews are turning a corner now.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
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I never learned to count my blessings I choose instead to dwell in my disasters
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Blessing
Disaster
My Blessing
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When I think of folk music, I think of topical songs. And I don't write topical songs.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Folk Music
Song
Thinking
Writing
Folk
Topical
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Men
Talking
World
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Mean
Song
Thinking
Time Myself Me
Explain
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Growing
Musician
Self
Good I Am Me
Good Thing
Self-Critical
Human Being
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Bad Choices
Choices
Finding Yourself
Spirals
Yourself
Bad
Find
Downward
Gets
Spiral
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Moving
Past
Sky
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Wise
Inner Voice
Trying
Voice
Follow
Inner
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Natural
Situation
Social
Observe
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Bits
Bits And Pieces
Guitar
Melody
Pieces
Storytelling
Drives
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Beautiful
Hurt
Things I Love
Love Music Beautiful
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Billions
Caught
Easy
Important
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In order to get a note out, I have to dig deep, and I mean that on an emotional level. To physically sing, I have to get somewhere deep before I can do it.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Dig
Emotional Level
Note
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Eye
Hell And Back
Kind
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Well... you know, I love motorcycles. They're just beautiful, and there's a certain craftsmanship in older bikes, older Triumphs or BSAs or Norton. I'm just very attracted to it.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Craftsmanship
Attracted
Bikes
Motorcycles
Norton
Triumphs
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The label doesn't do anything but put your record in the store, that's all they do. And tell you, you don't have a single... and tell you, it's not gonna sell... that's what the label does.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Sell
Label
Store
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Crush
Song
Strong
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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 didn't want someone to crush it. I waited until I felt strong enough to take the criticism.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Criticism
Time Me Long
Time Enough Long
Precious
Waited
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I was really lost for a while in my teens. I was angry. But when I found music - Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell - it was a new discovery. It was a door to this other world where I wanted to be.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Angry
Discovery
Dylan
Teens
Bob Dylan
Door
Joni Mitchell
Mitchell
Neil
Neil Young
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I always felt, as a listener at a show, that when there was too much banter between the artist and the audience that it detracted from the show. I more enjoyed shows where the guys came out and they just played.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Enjoyed
Always Where More
Listener
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I probably wouldn't be a songwriter if I didn't grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very scary to grow up in a household so unsettled and at times very violent. But, it also, I guess it earned me a sort of wisdom at a young age that's served me well.
Ray Lamontagne / Singer-Songwriter
Scary
Young Age
Earned
Grow Up
Served
Unsettled
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