When I was little, people like Talking Heads were on the radio. There was something geeky yet groundbreaking about them. Bat for Lashes geekygroundbreakhead Change image and share on social
It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot of people - I'm quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are. Bat for Lashes acceptartisticback share on social
I think Deborah Harry has a really sexy, cool and quite playful sex-kitten kind of style I really like. Bat for Lashes cooldeborahharry Change image and share on social
I feel empathy for people who are trapped in a prison of self-consciousness in an uncomfortable way. We can be free, but we're so held back. So perhaps that's why I feel a duty to make my work. I feel liberated when I'm doing it, and I want other people to feel liberated through it. Bat for Lashes backconsciousnessduty share on social
I cry a lot when I feel empathy. I can feel heartbroken by life, and I cry quite easily, sometimes for no reason. It's healthy, I think. Bat for Lashes cryeasilyempathy Change image and share on social
I want to communicate to the everyday person. I don't want to just roll around in my own avant-garde pool of coolness. Bat for Lashes avantcommunicatecoolness Change image and share on social
I want to add something worthwhile rather than just chucking loads of stuff into the world. I don't want to feel responsible for adding to the soup of mediocrity. Bat for Lashes addchuckfeel Change image and share on social
I got really good input up until the age of 11, which is perfect. That's when adolescence starts, when I would have really wanted to rebel. Up until that point, though, it didn't feel like doctrine, and it gave me a great moral structure. Bat for Lashes adolescenceagedoctrine share on social
