Laura Marling
Laura Marling
Laura Beatrice Marlingis an English folk singer-songwriter and musician from Eversley, Hampshire. Her debut album Alas, I Cannot Swim, her second album I Speak Because I Can, and her fourth album Once I Was An Eagle were each nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2008, 2010, and 2013, respectively. She won the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist at the 2011 Brit Awards, and was nominated for the same award at the 2012, 2014 and 2016 Brit...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth1 February 1990
writing answers
I'm a lot more observational than personal in my writing. My writing is mostly a lot of questions without answers.
struggle be-good
I'd prefer to be good, but I'm not always. I struggle.
long needs feels
I'd like to make music for as long as I can; it feels like something I need to do.
thinking honest intimate
I think your most intimate thoughts are only honest when they're in your head.
jobs believe sound
I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.
practice trying realising
It took a lot of time and practice for me to realise that there's no point trying to be something you're not.
scared fear-of-death
Why fear death? Be scared of living.
hate
I do so hate to be forced to be anything than other than what I am.
song magpies bits
I'm a bit of a magpie: whatever I see or hear or read feeds into the songs,
falling-in-love heart pieces
I love the way you can fall in love with a piece of literature; how words alone can get your heart doing that.
speak enough because-i-can
I speak because I can to anyone I trust enough to listen.
friendship sound-quality people
People don't appreciate music any more. They don't adore it. They don't buy vinyl and just love it. They love their laptops like their best friend, but they don't love a record for its sound quality and its artwork.
who-i-am needs isolation
I need some isolation, it's necessary to me, that's just who I am. I need to be left alone.
giving let-me-go take-me
Take me somewhere I can grow Give me something let me go Tell me something I don't know