St. Vincent Quotes

My love of R&B and hip-hop has influenced my life not even as a musician, but generally in terms of growing up and looking to America as an inspiration.

Food in Dublin has gotten immeasurably better than it was. When I was a kid, there weren't a lot of options. Now you're overwhelmed with options.

I didn't really learn how to play guitar until I was in college.

I moved to London with this really warped sense of expectation.

I don't function well in certain aspects of society, and you can read into that what you will.

I grew up in a place called Malahide, which is by the water and is beautifully quiet, leafy, and part serene.

Life is short. I'm here to make music, I'm not here to sit on a beach. That sounds really boring to me.

I don't know if I'm attention deficit, but I certainly am easily distracted by other things.

I'm learning on the guitar all the time.

I've traveled quite a lot and become a coffee nut.

The idea of trying to predict what people will or won't respond to is risky.

It's like half the campaign of selling a record is trying to convince people that you're an artist. Well, I am an artist. This is what I do.

My favorite records are not easy - they're not records that reveal everything to you the first time out.

You play a couple of shows, and these label guys come - and they leave halfway through a show. Then the phone calls just stop. And your heart is broken.

I'm mostly a keep-to-myself kind of guy, but you slowly find yourself getting folded into the musical tapestry.

When I started out making music I thought it was about thrills and adding layers, but I realized I want to focus on saying the most with the least.

Music is a self-propelling thing. You can not rely on anybody but yourself.

What we understand to be profoundness, or importance, it changes. It should change. It should be this moment where you cannot believe that equalled grandness or importance.

Hip-hop has been the guiding light of my life as a musician and a music fan. It's the one common thread through all of it from the time I bought my first record probably. It's always been there.

I really wanted to approach performing live differently than most people who just play guitar and sing.

I never looked at being a musician any different than waking up one day and wanting to be an accountant or a lawyer.

I feel the reasons my songs might seem dark is because of how I viewed the situations I was in and it was just something I always felt like documenting.

I think sitting in the car with your parents and listening to music is an essential to growing up.

Reach up as far as you can, and God will reach down all the way.

The teacher should use illustrations for the better teaching of the lesson, and never to fill up time, to amuse the class, or to display his own genius.

You'll always get an idea if you think and don't panic.

America has become so tense and nervous it has been years since I have seen anyone sleep in church - and that is a sad situation.

Families, like individuals, are unique.

Become a possibilitarian.

Faced with the election of a Catholic, our culture is at stake.

It is always to early to quit.

If this had ever happened before, it couldn't be happening now. That's what they mean by 'once in a lifetime'.

I have choices," I insisted, refusing to break eye contact. "We both do. I may have to make mine carefully, and make a few compromises along the way, but I have a choice. I choose you.

The problem with getting everything you want in life is that you're not prepared for disappointment when it comes.

I held her tighter, just because I could. Because she was fierce, and beautiful, and mind.

Wow. What would you do if I said I was angry?' 'I would make fire rain from the heavens to smite your enemies with the flames of our shared rage.

And the council doesn’t recognize any kind of temporary insanity defense. Which was a real shame, because most of the councilmen had considered me crazy for most of my life.

I’d learned that my mother was a badass in disguise. She was Van Helsing in an apron and heels, and—at least for the time being—I couldn’t think of a single thing cooler than that.

Congratulations. Your official super-nerd badge is in the mail.

That's because Tod never brings anything but death and bad advice," I snapped. "That's not true." Tod tried to grin, "Sometimes I bring pizza.

I live to serve. except the part about living...

I liked that about her. I liked how laid back she was, when she wasn’t trying to stab me.

I want you, Kaylee, like I’ve never wanted anything. Ever. I want the fire. I want the heat, and the light, and I want the burn.

Not that I don't appreciate the rescue," Holt said. "But I'm forced to ask, in the interest of self-preservation ... exactly how well armed are you right now?

Dad, I can count the number of normal school days I've had this year on one hand.

I'm dead, not impotent. Nasty rumors like that must be squashed before they gain momentum. Feel free to emphasize how very functional I am.

Have you and Nash both lost your minds? This is really a very simple concept--one that you taught me! Hellion equals evil. Period!" -Kaylee to Tod

What matters is the face you show the world, not the quaking mess behind it.

And the truth was that most of Nash's friends weren't that bad. Their girlfriends were another story. Speaking of bloodthirsty hyenas...

He went down like a cheerleader after prom.