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We're thinking about printing the lyrics with the next record so that people can find their own meaning in them. But then they would start having a life of their own, and I think the Portishead music should stay a whole in which the lyrics come second, actually.

~Beth Gibbons

Topics: About Actually Come Find Having Life Lyrics Meaning Music Next Own People Printing Record Second Should Start Stay Them Then Think Thinking Which Whole Would I Think

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The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process: I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult.

~Beth Gibbons

Topics: Add Automatically Away Difficult Equal Expressive Find First His Inspiration Made Music Process Push Something Still Very

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I try to imagine how we would live if we didn't know we were going to die. Would we live our lives differently? Less careful, maybe? Less scared? These are beautiful things to think about and build a song around.

~Beth Gibbons

Topics: About Around Beautiful Beautiful Things Build Careful Die Differently Going How Imagine Know Less Live Lives Maybe Our Our Lives Scared Song Things Think Try Were Would

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You feel the music needs something but you don't know what. So you start searching, fitting, measuring, trying. Every time you try another angle. And sometimes that's frustrating, especially if you don't come up with something for three days.

~Beth Gibbons

Topics: Angle Another Come Days Every Every Time Feel Fitting Frustrating Know Measuring Music Needs Searching Something Sometimes Start Three Time Try Trying Up You

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I've just put my heart and soul in a song and need at least a week to recover.

~Beth Gibbons

Topics: Heart Heart And Soul Just Least Need Put Recover Song Soul Week

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Let's get one thing straight: there's no such thing as the Bristol sound.

~Beth Gibbons

Topics: Bristol Get One Thing Sound Straight Thing

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I still don't like doing interviews. I hardly do any... I hope this will be the last one for a long while.

~Beth Gibbons

Topics: Any Doing Hardly Hope Interviews Last Like Long Still While Will

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Most of the lyrics are over a year old, and it doesn't feel like it's about me. Time created a distance.

~Beth Gibbons

Topics: About Created Distance Feel Like Lyrics Me Most Old Over Time Year

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I thought I had a clear picture of death, but now I know it's a mystery and it will always be a mystery, although it is something we all have in common: everybody knows that life ends with death.

~Beth Gibbons

Topics: Although Always Clear Common Death Ends Everybody Had Know Knows Life Mystery Now Picture Something Thought Will

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I think that after a year of Portishead I've become a little more sober.

~Beth Gibbons

Topics: After Become Little More Sober Think Year I Think

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Musician

Born: January 4th, 1965

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