78 Quotes by Arlo Parks

As a child I had a wild imagination; from the age of seven I'd sit and write epic stories.

At the beginning I wasn't really rapping. I had poetry, so it was a spoken word vibe. Then I found beats that you could sing over - lo-fi, ambient stuff. So I was singing over them and trying to put things into practice.

Some days I paint and write and meditate, but some days I just sit about with zero motivation. I think that's natural though.

I'm very extroverted - I'm really social. People have a sense I'm a reserved wallflower, but that's not who I am. My music is inward-looking, and that is a part of me, but I like having a laugh.

I think 'Black Dog' came out at a time where a lot of people were feeling quite low and confused in quite a chaotic space.

Creativity hits me like a lightning bolt. For two weeks ideas overflow and spill from me, before a period of nothing. The prospect of it suddenly just leaving me one day scares me. I'm terrified that every song I write might be my last.

I was very in my own head as a kid. But I liked it there! I was just writing poetry, writing stories, writing plays. I think I was quite strange. But I was happy.

I want to be that person that kids can listen to, and feel energized by because they've never felt like they had someone that they could listen to and see themselves in before.

You can tell when a song has come from the heart and is genuine, and it moves you more when you can tell the person really feels what they're saying.