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

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

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

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

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

Everyone is capable of everything.

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

My eyes were closed, they're open now

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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].