Damien Rice
Damien Rice
Damien Riceis an Irish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer who plays piano, guitar, percussion and clarinet...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth7 December 1973
CityCelbridge, Ireland
CountryIreland
insecure insecurity skins
I want to get comfortable with my insecurities until I am no longer insecure. I want to be comfortable in my skin so that I do not need to dump any of my discomfort onto someone else in the form of judgment.
order steps how-to-love
Sometimes you have to step away from what you love in order to learn how to love it again,
earning figure money paper poking realised success
I was on paper earning more money and having more success than I'd ever had. And it was also the most miserable I've ever been. When those things collided, I realised something was off. That's when I started poking around to figure out what was wrong.
opened peel underneath
I opened up every can of worms I could. I got to the place where I would peel back one layer, and then another layer, and the stuff that would come up underneath was so inspiring, it made me want to write about it.
beings creatures dump human particular posting telling wake
I live with myself. I wake up with myself, I eat, and I take a dump with myself. I don't see anything special there. I do all the same things other human beings and creatures do. I don't see any need to be telling the data of the day of this particular human being by posting it on online. It's not interesting to me.
normal stick trying
I just don't like to do a lot of the normal things expected of other artists. I'm not trying to be difficult; I'm just trying to stick with what it is I want to do.
front masked meet meeting people
I don't want to stand in front of a whole lot of fakeys. If I'm going to meet someone and say hello, I want to feel like I'm really meeting that person, not a masked version. I want to give that to people when they meet me. You don't have to like it. I'm not looking for you to like it; I'm looking to be myself.
curious life notice people seen train
I am really curious about life, about why we are all here. I notice my skin is ageing, things are changing, I've seen people dying, so that's the train we are all on.
building express feels full happens life order recording song
Each song is a small universe to me. Each song has a story of its own. Each has a full life to express in order to be complete, so it often happens that the building to a big crescendo feels right in the recording or writing process.
cold few hot hours intense jump recording sit soak stepping studio walk
Being able to walk out of the studio after a week of intense recording and jump into a cold sea and sit in a hot spring and soak for a few hours completely resets the whole system. Really refreshing. For me, it's all about stepping out of the ordinary. Even psychically.
bunch interest songs
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.
appreciate humor lighten remind words
Leonard Cohen has a way with words and with humor that remind me to lighten up, which I appreciate very much.
clearly equal happiness learned money
I've learned very, very, very clearly that money does not equal happiness or security, either.
abundance foolish future
I have an abundance of enthusiasm; however, it would be foolish to think I can predict a future that doesn't exist.