Guy Garvey famous quotes

03-25-2025

There is temptation to place too much importance on those things that you're meant to do, and not on to little everyday happinesses. I think if you do what makes you happy on a daily basis, your days gather into years and you have a happy life. I don't want to think too far ahead. I want to make sure that I enjoy tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day. And we'll see what happens.
-- Guy Garvey

#Happy Life #Thinking #Years
Just start scribbling. The first draft is never your last draft. Nothing you write is by accident.
-- Guy Garvey

#Writing #Lasts #Firsts
I usually tell somebody if a songâ€™s for them. I donâ€™t always tell them if itâ€™s about them.
-- Guy Garvey

#Song #Ifs
I'm not David Bowie. Who are we kidding? At the end of the day, I'm the same person I've always been. I'm Don Garvey's son from up the road.
-- Guy Garvey

#Son #The End Of The Day #Bowie
As long as people are listening that's all that matters.
-- Guy Garvey

#Long #People #Listening
I think 'Elbow' were considered successful even before [2008's] Seldom Seen Kid because we were living off the band. We have a great manager who keeps our coffers topped off, and we give ourselves a sensible wage with a view to having three fallow years between records. We always make sure we have enough money to make a record and not be pressured time-wise.
-- Guy Garvey

#Wise #Kids #Successful
I remember going foraging for breakfast in St. Louis once. I saw this one girl sitting in front of the venue, and she made this pink T-shirt with a big heart in the middle of it and a misty picture of our guitarist Mark [Potter]. She was so embarrassed when she saw me. And I was trying desperately not to laugh.
-- Guy Garvey

#Girl #Heart #Laughing
Maybe Radiohead and R.E.M. Even a group like the National - artists who have crossed over without compromising. It's a special thing.
-- Guy Garvey

#Artist #Special #Groups
We [Elbow] have had some luck with media syncs in film and on TV. We'd love to do a soundtrack with a really cool director.
-- Guy Garvey

#Media #Luck #Elbows
The British press isn't as vicious as it used to be, and these days it's sort of cool to care again. Everyone loves an everyman anthem.
-- Guy Garvey

#Care #Anthem #One Love
"Open Arms" has a lot of unison singing in it. And it works: Grown men will come to our gigs and cry during that one.
-- Guy Garvey

#Men #Singing #Arms

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