Laura Mvula Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“Limitlessness is important for me; I want to be able to use every opportunity to push me forward onto the next thing.”

“Lizz Wright is my favourite singer. Her voice moves me and takes me to another place. She also grows her own food, and that inspires me.”

“My parents encouraged us to commit to things, so if we wanted to learn an instrument, it was all the grades and all the theory.”

“My parents were quite strict; we couldn't just listen to whatever music we wanted. It was very much like they monitored what we listened to.”

“My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.”

“One of the things I haven't been ready for is how male-dominated the music industry is. I just didn't have a clue.”

“The first time I sang in church, when I was ten, the applause was so overwhelming that I started to weep. My mum had to rescue me from the stage.”

“There's nothing I love more in the world than layering voices.”

“You don't have to aim to be the best of everything, thinking that one day you're going to be the top of the world; I don't think it exists.”

“I've always had this passion to be creative, and wanted to sing or be in bands and make music, but I didn't have ideas as to what format it'd be, or how I'd do it. I'm not very good with plans. I didn't think it would be me at the front, either. In fact, I'd go as far as saying that was something I'd prevent.”