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Richard Ashcroft Quotes
Richard Ashcroft
English
Musician
Born:
Sep 11
,
1971
Life
Me
Music
People
World
You
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I think I've learned a lot on the vocal side of things.
Richard Ashcroft
Think
Side
Vocal
Learned
Lot
Things
I love my cracked eyes.
Richard Ashcroft
Love
Eyes
Cracked
Of course, fatherhood fundamentally changes a lot of your life, but it enriches you, too.
Richard Ashcroft
Life
You
Too
Changes
Fatherhood
Course
Lot
Your
Fundamentally
We'd lie on the floor, turn the lights out, put two speakers on either side of our ears, and try to blow our minds with music. I know that I want to make a record that does that yet a record that, if it was played on the radio at twelve in the afternoon, the guy making the wall - the guy cleaning the motorway - he's got a melody to hang on.
Richard Ashcroft
Music
Cleaning
Lie
Try
Side
Our
Minds
Ears
Melody
Out
Record
Guy
He
Put
Lights
Know
Make
Does
Got
Making
Wall
Blow
Hang
Want
Afternoon
Either
Turn
Speakers
Radio
Twelve
Floor
Played
Two
Not many people come out of a big band as the lead singer/songwriter and making a record, and all of a sudden we're all happily sailing at the same pace as we were before.
Richard Ashcroft
People
Big
Before
Band
Out
Record
Lead
Come
Big Band
Making
Sailing
Were
Same
Pace
Happily
Many
Sudden
With 'Break The Night,' each verse is saying, 'Nothing's going right today; nothing ever does.' It's about that kind of repetition, it's that kind of mantra you can get in your mind when you're depressed or down, when it's become like a hamster on a wheel - it's very difficult to break.
Richard Ashcroft
Today
Saying
You
Mind
Become
Nothing
Down
Difficult
Kind
About
Like
Does
Verse
Repetition
Very
Get
Going
Wheel
Break
Depressed
Your
Mantra
Each
Ever
Right
Night
I think I was born to be a songwriter.
Richard Ashcroft
Think
Born
Songwriter
I'm not driven by fame or success. I'm quite a shy, introverted person, and I could easily melt away into the background.
Richard Ashcroft
Success
Background
Melt
Easily
Introverted
Could
Driven
Fame
Person
Quite
Away
Shy
Creativity, for me, is almost like therapy; my songs take you into the underbelly of my mind, and there's some dark stuff in there.
Richard Ashcroft
Me
You
Creativity
Dark
Mind
Some
Take
Songs
Almost
Stuff
Like
Therapy
What happened in the '70s was albums and concerts began making a hell of a lot more money, and then the suits got involved.
Richard Ashcroft
Money
Suits
Hell
More
Involved
Concerts
Got
Making
Lot
Began
Happened
Then
Albums
I've got a letter from the Dalai Lama at home.
Richard Ashcroft
Home
Got
Lama
Letter
Dalai
Dalai Lama
I probably suffered from a narcissistic disorder in some way.
Richard Ashcroft
Way
Some
Narcissistic
Disorder
Suffered
We're the most talented musical island ever.
Richard Ashcroft
Musical
Talented
Most
Island
Ever
We all have our daily prescription of yoga, football, religion, or whatever gets us through that day. My thing is music. It's the only thing that gives me a sense of calm and balance. It's the thing I know I'm good at.
Richard Ashcroft
Music
Good
Day
Daily
Religion
Me
Balance
Calm
Whatever
Sense
Our
Only
Gives
Through
Football
Know
Yoga
Gets
The Only Thing
Us
Prescription
Thing
I am a family man, and I have children.
Richard Ashcroft
Family
Man
Am
Family Man
Children
The mad thing is, most of my life, when I'm not in a dark mood, it's been humour that's got me through. The only way to get through this business is by laughing.
Richard Ashcroft
Life
Me
Business
Dark
My Life
Humour
Way
Mood
Mad
Laughing
Only
Through
Most
Got
Been
Get
Thing
I am so lucky that I have been part of and written songs that will always resonate no matter how old they get.
Richard Ashcroft
Matter
Old
Resonate
Will
Songs
Part
Written
Always
How
Am
Been
Get
Lucky
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