Quotes by Damien Rice

Cold,cold water,surrounds me now,and all Ive got is your hand.

My eyes were closed, theyre open now

Inside, Ive got a real purist desire and dream about the music. I like the idea of being able to carve out a kind of magical, colourful, artistic, inspirational life. And the reality just turns out to be quite different, working with the business to bring this thing you have created into the world.

Leonard Cohen has a way with words and with humor that remind me to lighten up, which I appreciate very much.

Im not the guy that wants to be famous and make loads of money and sell loads of records. I dont want that. I just want to be true. I want to be... I want to serve music. I want to be honest.

Ive learned very, very, very clearly that money does not equal happiness or security, either.

I do not want to be a robot, a cog in society who answers yes because yes is considered the appropriate answer. Neither do I want to be a protestor. I just want to seek out what lies underneath the veils of politeness and programming that Ive been given as a person in this society.