Pete Yorn Quotes

Pete Yorn shares heartfelt musings on love, loss and the search for deeper connection in music and life.

72 quotes

1. Well there is a lot of great music out there but sometimes you have to dig a little deeper to find it.

2. Saw my reflection, covered in glass. How It reminds me of you. ~ 'Turn Of The Century'

3. Don't say nothing bout the old house. Cos I burned it to the ground. And when the darkness comes, I lie awake. Playing lost and found ~ 'All At Once'

4. When he comes around. Do not tell him nothing. Do not make a sound. Cos if he knows we're there he might tear his heart out. And beat us to death with it. ~ 'All At Once'

5. I was alone, only 'til you took me away. ~ 'Black'

6. Waiting for a bottle of truth. I'm just a lonely guy in my youth. ~ 'Black'

7. We were passers on the street. I never thought we'd meet until I said 'How do you do, my love? ~ 'Simonize'

8. Hey don't lock and turn away lose your life today and follow me into the alleyway. ~ 'Simonize'

9. You know you're the best thing ever To come out of this place ~ 'Strange Condition'

10. And it's a strange condition, And life in prison, It's got me outta my head And I don't know what I came for. ~ 'Strange Condition'

11. So she won't sleep better alone, And he won't sleep better alone, No they won't feel better alone. ~ 'Sleep Better'

12. Don't try, don't try, Don't try you'll never win, And you can never be him. ~ 'Sleep Better'

13. On the street. I was talking to you and you found something better to do. ~ 'Carlos (Don't Let It Go To Your Head)

14. And when you're with yourself, oh don't let it go to your head. ~ 'Carlos (Don't Let It Go To Your Head)

15. I'm taking what I gave to you again. ~ 'EZ'

16. It was easy when you were younger, you can put it back together, it was there if you ever wanted it but you closed the door and said goodbye for good. ~ 'EZ'

17. Can we begin again? Save it for another friend, I was happy in my life I won't pretend. ~ 'EZ'

18. I made up that story to change your mind. I could have been somebody else but now I'm me this time. 'Intro (Day I Forgot Album)'

19. In your life, you can talk about it. Oh in your life, you can live without. Can live without. ~ 'Come Back Home'

20. Say my name before you disappear. I always thought that you could handle this. ~ 'Come Back Home'

21. And you know you're hard enough. And you find you're strong enough. Oh yeah you'll find you're hard enough. Oh yeah you'll find you're strong enough. ~ 'Come Back Home'

22. There was a time. She could never see him and her fault was to always need him. ~ 'So Much Work'

23. And he says 'I know about your man' ...and their hearts will broken if you can't decide between them. ~ 'So Much Work'

24. And it's the same sad song coming back again. The same old song, flows back again. ~ 'So Much Work'

25. It's a lie in the end, you only satisfy your friends. ~ 'So Much Work'

26. You don't have to walk alone. ~ 'So Much Work'

27. So I sold the town away, I couldn't wait to forget you, I was killed in half a day, I hadn't time to regret you, ~ 'Life On A Chain'

28. And I was waiting over here for life to begin, I was looking for the new thing And you were the sunshine heading my front line. I was alone you, were just around the corner from me. ~ 'Life On A Chain'

29. So why'd you say those words to him. If you could start over again. ~ 'When You See The Light'

30. You will remember (you WILL remember!) Where you could go (you WILL remember!) When you would go Away. ~ 'When You See The Light'

31. And when you said I could not stay with you. That's not the way you would have wanted to be. ~ 'For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is)'

32. Convince yourself that everything is alright. 'Cos it already is. ~ 'For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is)'

33. So take your lessons hard and stay with him. And when your car crash comes, don't be misled. ~ 'For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is)'

34. You come back and you don't tell the truth to me, no more. ~ 'Committed'

35. Once you make your plan you follow it just right. ~ 'Committed'

36. When you come back from your escape. Then I could follow you to hell. ~ 'Committed'

37. If you hadn't gone tomorrow, You could have stayed on 'til June. ~ 'June'

38. I'm old enough to feel the way I do. And I know that you are true, it's just a part of my genes. ~ 'June'

39. And you have stayed, A mile away from me, And you will stay a mile away from me. If you know what's good for you, You could have stayed until June. ~ 'June'

40. When I can't stand. Up in this cage I'm not regretting. ~ 'Lose You'

41. I don't need a better thing. I'd settle for less. It's another thing for me. I just have to wander through this world. Alone. ~ 'Lose You'

42. 'Cause I'm gonna lose you. Yes, I'm gonna lose you. If I'm gonna lose you. I'll lose you now for good. ~ 'Lose You'

43. Come on over tonight. Come on over this morning. Momma says, 'You only fall in love once.' ~ 'Burrito'

44. And you think you know that they'll always be there. You never had the time. I want you to be fine. ~ 'Burrito'

45. Oh Billie I want you so, I'm trying to meet you. Too many things they don't know, too many repeatings, of beatings. ~ 'Closet'

46. And he won't follow. These lines he's drawn for him and he don't want to try. Seeing is believing Lord knows what he sees here every night. ~ 'Murray'

47. And we both know. That people change. When truth's not part of their lives. I've seen the love in their eyes. Don't say goodbye. Goodbye. ~ 'Murray'

48. Stay around for me. Out do everyone. Sometimes I catch them. Stay around for me. ~ 'Farmer Vs. River'

49. I want you. I know you tried to find. ~ 'Farmer Vs. River'

50. The words you never cared to say, 'I want to start a family' ~ 'Pass Me By'

51. I'm tired of all the people I'm seeing through ~ 'Pass Me By'

52. Watch me now. Try. Couldn't walk down that line. Just pass me by. Just passing by. ~ Pass Me By'

53. She called today, Pretending not to care at all, For days and weeks, Now he's hanging from the ceiling, What a life, Oh what a life, Was it a life? ~ 'Sense'

54. I'm wide awake, I'll drop you off for saying that, For days and two weeks, It was you who was defending such a lie, Oh what a lie, Was it a lie? ~ 'Sense'

55. Something won't forgive it all ~ 'Sense'

56. I am on your side. I just want to tell you off. ~ 'On Your Side'

57. So many lies. Are taking hold. It's not your fault. There's many scars. ~ 'On Your Side'

58. You would never have the time. I would love to change your mind. You were there. And it was good in the beginning. ~ 'Crystal Village'

59. You were there. We were good in the beginning. ~ 'Crystal Village'

60. Take my hand, come with me. I see the lights so brightly. And we fall as if we never really mattered. ~ 'Crystal Village'

61. You and I, we're two of a kind, I hate to say it but you'll never relate, what makes you tick? It makes me smile. ~ 'Just Another'

62. And I could never see you depart us and you're my baby, you're just another girl. ~ 'Just Another'

63. Too many. Things I do not care for But one thing that I adore. Is a girl like you. ~ 'A Girl Like You'

64. And even if. I don't know what the day will bring. Still I can tell most anything. To a girl like you. ~ 'A Girl Like You'

65. I don't miss you, still I will take a car to be with you. I don't know you, of course you think you know me. ~ 'Long Way Down'

66. If it's we who choose. I'll reach another level. To be that one who never lost a day. ~ 'Man In Uniform'

67. I know you never wanted it this way. I can see, I can see. ~ 'Man In Uniform'

68. That's the way I came up, writing and recording at home. I developed by playing everything myself. I was a drummer first and that's my favorite instrument to play. Once I get the drums done, everything else comes real quick. Also, we track in my friends' garage, which is really small ... there's not really room to record live with a band.

69. Stories and cigarettes ruined lives of lesser girls.

70. I can't play any horns. Every time I tried to take saxophone lessons as a kid ... I can't whistle. I don't know if that has anything to do with.

71. I got shocked really bad at a show once. We do this big intro to a cover of the Smiths' "Panic on the Streets of London" and I got a huge shock and went, 'Ohhhh!' We had to stop the show for 15 minutes.

72. I've always enjoyed the record shops...they gave me a reason to leave my house.