78 Quotes by Arlo Parks

I'm up around 11am to my alarm. Without it I'd sleep into the afternoon.

As a person I'm often overwhelmed by emotions, so I write them down.

I had someone tell me recently that Black Dog had started this important conversation about mental health that had saved their marriage. It's really quite mad how these songs have travelled.

As I'm writing a song, I focus on the music and try not to let my mind wander too much, but if I do think of any visual moments or references that I think would connect nicely, I'll make a note of it.

I'm quite a dreamy person but I'm also very realistic about my possibilities, so if this was meant to remain a hobby I would have kept it as that. But I feel like music goes in waves and when you get an upward swing, you have to push it as far as you can.

To me, nature is so inspiring - that sense of constant change, the way things are cleansed or washed away, and it's beyond your control.

Most of my songs are based off poetry, but I mainly write to write. I never know which form the words are best suited to until I hear an instrumental.

I write from a personal perspective, but sometimes seeing something in the street like that will spark something that reminds me of my own experiences.

Normally in life there are all these distractions but in lockdown all that stuff was gone. You were forced to just sit and think. Creatively, it had its benefits.