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55 quotes by Bat for Lashes

Natasha Khan (born 25 October 1979), better known by her stage name Bat for Lashes, is a British Pakistani singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She has released three studio albums, Fur and Gold (2006), Two Suns (2009) and The Haunted Man (2012), and received Mercury Prize nominations for Fur and Gold and Two Suns.
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I cry a lot when I feel empathy. I can feel heartbroken by life, and I cry quite easily, sometimes for no reason. It's healthy, I think.

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I've hidden behind my hair more than clothes. Sometimes having long hair with a fringe is very useful when you don't want to look at people.... →

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To be a great artist, you need to know yourself as best as you possibly can. I live my life and delve into my own psyche. It's more about... →

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I don't like to be too submissive in the way I dress. I like quite boyish things, so I hardly ever wear high heels.

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I had Hallowe'en parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would actually put prosthetic noses on, and my dad would... →

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I could talk for ages about how women are amazing, but essentially we shouldn't be manipulated by the media's expectations of our bodies.... →

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I was a nursery school teacher, and I worked with youth groups. I loved that job. It was exhausting, but you got a lot back - all their purity and... →

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We are bits of energy floating about in various guises, and when we die we rejoin the big cosmic soup of the universe.

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I always think that the exceptional people are those who remain outsiders but still communicate on a grand scale. I think I want everyone to feel... →

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I have been listening a lot to The Carpenters and Neil Diamond, Elton John, and thinking, like, 'God, it'd be great to write a sort of... →

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I feel empathy for people who are trapped in a prison of self-consciousness in an uncomfortable way. We can be free, but we're so held back. So... →

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I think there's a karmic purpose that souls make before they decide to come into people's bodies and become someone's parent, or become... →

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It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot of people - I'm quite artistic and quite... →

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