From the beginning, I wanted to make dance music with a human element to it.
Beth Orton

Heaven is what we spend our lives trying to find.
Beth Orton

I don't believe in trouble. Because I think that trouble is sometimes good, sometimes bad. I've been known to be called trouble, which I think is quite a compliment. But I suppose, thinking about it, that my best and worst trouble has always had something to do with a man.
Beth Orton

I'd say my greatest fear is fear itself.
Beth Orton

The upside to smoking is that you get to be social. I was looking for a light when I bumped into Ben Harper's manager. A couple of days later, Ben and I were in the studio.
Beth Orton

The way I write, words can means lots of different things.
Beth Orton

We're all like little ants who scurry around with the materials that are at hand right now. Each generation finds new materials. Its just evolution, isn't it?
Beth Orton

You can have all sorts of relationships, but there's something with musicians working together where you can have relationship that can just continue to grow in a beautiful way.
Beth Orton