Damien Rice Quotes

A kite needs to be tied down in order to fly. I learned how important restrictions can sometimes be in order to experience freedom.

The shorter story;
No love, no glory;
No hero in her skies.

May you be satisfied to never know why-sometimes someone just wants to die.

Cold,
cold water,
surrounds me now,
and all I've got is your hand.

Leonard Cohen has a way with words and with humor that remind me to lighten up, which I appreciate very much.

The more I push myself to really live and really experience things and step outside of my comfort zone, the more the songs are allowed to flow.

I have an abundance of enthusiasm; however, it would be foolish to think I can predict a future that doesn't exist.

I had to take a bit of a break and fast for a while, but then I found myself very, very hungry when I got back to [song-writing].

There are a bunch of songs that I think are beautiful recordings, and I'm proud of them, but I've no interest in listening to them.

You know when you've found it that's something I've learned, cause you feel it when they take it away.

Stones taught me to fly, love taught me to lie, courage teach me to be shy ... because it's not hard to fall when you float like a cannonball.

I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.

I've learned very, very, very clearly that money does not equal happiness or security, either.

Music enables me to cleanse and shed the things that I feel are holding me back from growing, or growing up.

My eyes were closed, they're open now

Love tought me to cry. So come on courage, teach me to be shy.

Everyone is capable of everything.

Sometimes you have to step away from what you love in order to learn how to love it again.

I don't have a craving for money. And I don't have a craving for fame.

It's not hard to grow when you know that you just don't know.

I saw a spaceship fly by your window. Did you see it disappear?