Top 56 Lamontagne Quotes
#1. I was really lost for a while in my teens. I was angry. But when I found music - Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell - it was a new discovery. It was a door to this other world where I wanted to be.
Ray Lamontagne
#2. Time is precious and should be spent doing things that make you happy, not brushing those very moments aside. That's when you really die, and I plan on living.
Katelin LaMontagne
#4. There's nothing in the world so sad as talking to a man who never knew his life was his for making.
Ray Lamontagne
#5. Who the fuck calls their priest when their son is having a crisis?"
"I do, now shut up!" Ma answered.
Katelin LaMontagne
#7. Writing songs is not something I wanted to share with people for a long time. It was precious to me. I didn't want someone to crush it. I waited until I felt strong enough to take the criticism.
Ray Lamontagne
#8. Well, I looked my demons in the eyes
laid bare my chest, said 'Do your best, destroy me.
You see, I've been to hell and back so many times,
I must admit you kind of bore me.
Ray Lamontagne
#9. I probably wouldn't be a songwriter if I didn't grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very scary to grow up in a household so unsettled and at times very violent. But, it also, I guess it earned me a sort of wisdom at a young age that's served me well.
Ray Lamontagne
#10. When I pick up the guitar, it's a melody, and that's what drives the lyrics. It's bits and pieces of truth, but it is storytelling.
Ray Lamontagne
#11. You do know you're a woman, right?" I ask.
"Are you sure?" Olivia asks with an astonished face. "I thought I had a penis.
Katelin LaMontagne
#13. My music library has about every genre of music possible. I've really gotten into Ray LaMontagne, He makes amazing music, so I listen to him, and he's a great artist.
Jean-Luc Bilodeau
#14. When I think of folk music, I think of topical songs. And I don't write topical songs.
Ray Lamontagne
#16. You're not so much of a shmuck after all, Jarry."
"Thanks, PITA. But you tell anyone that I'm going soft, and I'll deny it with my last breath."
"Would I do that?" Sarah asks with what she attempts to be an innocent expression, and fails miserably.
"Yes," I say easily. "Yes, you would.
Katelin LaMontagne
#17. Well ... you know, I love motorcycles. They're just beautiful, and there's a certain craftsmanship in older bikes, older Triumphs or BSAs or Norton. I'm just very attracted to it.
Ray Lamontagne
#18. Patience is a virtue," she replies.
"Why couldn't 'hurry the fuck up' be a virtue?
Katelin LaMontagne
#19. In order to get a note out, I have to dig deep, and I mean that on an emotional level. To physically sing, I have to get somewhere deep before I can do it.
Ray Lamontagne
#20. Now the wren has gone to roost and the sky is turnin' gold
And like the sky my soul is also turnin'
Turnin' from the past, at last and all I've left behind
Ray Lamontagne
#21. You were supposed to be my wingman, not my freaking kamikaze pilot.
Katelin LaMontagne
#23. There's a real sense of desperation when you grow up in poverty.
Ray Lamontagne
#24. I have a lot of love and respect for Melissa Etheridge. I love Joe Cocker, Ray LaMontagne, Feist.
Crystal Bowersox
#27. We all have that inner voice that is wise, even if we don't always follow it. It's that voice I'm trying to listen to.
Ray Lamontagne
#28. The label doesn't do anything but put your record in the store, that's all they do. And tell you, you don't have a single ... and tell you, it's not gonna sell ... that's what the label does.
Ray Lamontagne
#29. It's so easy to get caught up in your own experiences. They can seem so important. But there are billions and billions of other experiences going on.
Ray Lamontagne
#30. I should have known you'd have no taste," Olivia says and rubs her temples. "Tacky from the tips of her toes, to her hair colored with what I can only assume is actual bleach." She turns and points to John. "Hey, you would know. Does the carpet match the drapes?
Katelin LaMontagne
#32. I need space between me and the audience - and the more space the better.
Ray Lamontagne
#33. I always felt, as a listener at a show, that when there was too much banter between the artist and the audience that it detracted from the show. I more enjoyed shows where the guys came out and they just played.
Ray Lamontagne
#34. I don't like myself, and I don't like to be looked at.
Ray Lamontagne
#35. I can't get excited by my own music. It's impossible.
Ray Lamontagne
#36. I have a strong sense of self, but that's not a negative thing.
Ray Lamontagne
#37. I am very self-critical, but that's a good thing because it keeps me growing as a human being and as a musician.
Ray Lamontagne
#39. I refused then like I do now to let anybody tie me down
Ray Lamontagne
#40. And when all your faith is gone let it be me, if it's a friend you need let it be me
Ray Lamontagne
#41. My god, I sound like a chick. I must be suffering the debilitating condition called DIC, Dick In Charge, since obviously he's running the show right now.
Katelin LaMontagne
#42. It bugs me that people think my songs are personal because it means I have to explain myself all the time.
Ray Lamontagne
#45. You can make bad choices and find yourself in a downward spiral or you can find something that gets you out of it.
Ray Lamontagne
#47. I'd much rather be playing songs than talking to people.
Ray Lamontagne
#49. Social situations, for me - it's very natural for me to be an observer. That's where I'm most comfortable. I observe things.
Ray Lamontagne
#50. When I was in Boston, I was doing a lot of Americana stuff - I fell in love with Ray LaMontagne, Patty Griffin, and Neil Young.
Madi Diaz
#52. I never learned to count my blessings
I choose instead to dwell in my disasters
Ray Lamontagne
#53. Don't let your eyes refuse to seeDon't let your ears refuse to hear
Ray Lamontagne
#54. You have to believe in yourself before anybody else believes in you.
Ray Lamontagne
#55. Fucking morning people, they just don't understand what it a chore it is for us normal people to not want to leave our warm beds and face the miserable sun.
Katelin LaMontagne
#56. Well it's the hurt I hide that fuels the fires
inside me
Ray Lamontagne
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