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Quintessential

by Quint Starkie

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fairdeveloperuk Beautiful, clean, warm, positive, well crafted. The kind of album you listen to for a whole lifetime
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mugsy0407 Wow. Brilliant production and a genuine pleasure from start to finish. Ghost In My Heart was a great album but this is every bit as good and some. Buy it or miss out big time! Favorite track: Home Again.
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John Nelson I am sitting here on a warm Sunday morning in Andalucia listening to this warm feel-good album and very suited to my surroundings,An incredible piece of work from Quint and his team of musicians.Such a damn good production and now on repeat on my playlist. Love the artwork and lyric sheets and pictures from the making of Quintessential. Dedicated to his late father and his beloved dog, who also recently passed.The guitar work and vocal arrangements are superb. Oozing with soul and passion. Favorite track: Home Again.
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1.
There’s an ocean in my head Filled with every thought and word I’ve ever said Of a love just like in Hollywood So true, this fairytale is just like you God forbid that I go blind If I did, I could never find a love Just like in Hollywood, so true This fairytale is just like you We’re holding on to make it last The memories we shared in the past These days I just sit in wonder At the wonder It’s impossible to say, Just what I’d do, if you should turn away From a love, I found in Hollywood So true, I fell for someone just like you We’re holding on to make it last The memories we shared in the past These days I just sit and wonder At the wonder Stay close to me Hollywood, Hollywood Just like you, just like you These days, just like you Just sit, sit in wonder Just sit, sit in wonder These days I just sit in wonder at the wonder These days
2.
Hollywood 04:54
And we were cruising the freeways We were lost in love and so alive Hollywood you’re breaking all the rules It was slow go baby on the 101 But we don’t care, cause we’re having fun In tears with laughter Hollywood, you’re breaking all the rules First you say you love me But then you say you don’t And now you say you wanna move on When love breaks down She’s going back to town She’s going back to town When love breaks down She’s going back to town Well LAX is the loneliest place in the world to find yourself When love takes off and leaves you Staring in a coffee cup Sitting in a coffee shop So why don’t you stay, just stay the afternoon Cause we both know that you’re leaving soon Hollywood you’re breaking all the rules Another Margarita before I drive you home But then you go and tell me that you’re going it alone First you say you love me and then you say you don’t And now you say you wanna move on One minute you say you love me, the next you say you don’t You’re leaving me but leading me on Hollywood, Hollywood The Sunset on Melrose way down to El Coyote We never had to wait in line The Whisky, the Roxy, the frozen Margaritas The Roosevelt at closing time When all the lights go down Love just lets you down Follow your dreams but they get away In this tinsel town Love just lets you down Down down deeper and down Hollywood
3.
Why don’t you say what’s on your mind So we can leave it all behind A million lovers in your bed A million others in your head Why don’t we take a little time Just a little piece of mind There’s more to life than one mistake But one mistake is all it takes I came home early found you lying on the floor Ten minutes later you were trying to start a war He quoted Shakespeare and Keats And that made me realise It’s a Beautiful thing Just like the sunrise in the morning It’s a beautiful thing Just like two lovers when they’re falling It’s a beautiful thing Just like the first time I saw you, you made me realise It’s a beautiful thing I turned the key inside the lock on our front door I came home early you were talking on the phone He quoted Dylan and Cash And that made me realise It’s a beautiful thing Just like the sunrise in the morning It’s a beautiful thing Just like two lovers when they’re falling It’s a beautiful thing Just like the first time I saw you, you made me realise Your love The life you get is what you give to each other One day it’s black and white the next day it’s colour The memories that we have we made for each other Remember when you said I could be, I could be, I could the one, just catch me if I fall I could be, I could be, I could the one If you get a little lost sometime If you get a little lost I could be the one for you, be the one for you
4.
There may come a time in your life When you feel it’s all been better And there may come a time in your life When you just can’t seem to roll along with the weather And there may come a time in your life When you feel that something’s giving And there may come a time in your life When you just don’t feel like a life’s worth a living So give out but don’t give in You gotta put out what your putting in Give out but don’t give in You gotta let it out, what you feel within There may come a day in your life When you’ve heard it all before There may come a day in your life When you could have been loving me some more There may come a day in your life when you open up your eyes And there may come a day in your life when you Get to the truth behind all the lies Give out but don’t give in You gotta put out what you’re putting in Give out but don’t give in You gotta shout out What you’re feeling Give out but don’t give in Oh You gotta give it up Gotta give it up What you give What are you feeling You Gotta give it up Gotta get what you’re giving Gotta give it up Now that you’ve found yourself I hope you understand And now that you’ve found yourself It’s time to make amends to your life Now that you’ve found yourself Welcome to the living oh And now that you’ve found yourself It’s time to do all the things you were missing
5.
Mr. Maxwell 04:14
It’s just another sunny day “it always is this time of year” And Mr. Maxwell’s taken all my blues away Start the engine let’s get going feel the power overflowing Time to make our getaway Buckle up your better half, don’t forget to wear a scarf You might as well in case it rains “it’s such a lovely day” Flip the switch, drop the top your Mother seems to talk alot She’s a back seat driver yeah ”she’s taking over” There’s a warning sign from the dashboard light And it seems we’re running low Overtaking never breaking changing lanes anticipating Gotta love the open road Push the pedal to the floor try to squeeze a little more Bowie’s on the radio, floating in a tin can We fill her up with 95 check the oil so we can drive Grab ourselves a coffee and a sandwich then we’re on our way Here we go “here we go again” Around the block again “this time around” I can’t say no, I guess I’ll see you round the bend It’s looking like we’re right on time, everything is going fine Maxwell’s got some Revels and a Bounty and a Milky Way Here we go “here we go again” Around the block again “this time around” I can’t say no, I guess I’ll see you round the bend The girl next door wants to take it slow If you don’t try then you’ll never know It all makes sense in perfect tense This other side of your innocence The girl next door with the open mind If you don’t look, then you’ll never find The sun and the moon and the stars above When planets align, that’s when we fall in love That’s when we fall in love “when we fall in love” That’s when we fall in love, I think I’m falling in love Sunday drivers take it easy they’ve got nowhere to go And somewhere there’s a sign ahead Just 20 miles from home I think I’m falling in love You gotta, slow down sometimes You gotta, take it easy You gotta, leave the fast lane Open road no one in front of me You gotta, keep your distance You gotta, watch those red lights You gotta, check your rearview Open road, I think I’m falling in love I think I’m falling in love It’s such a lovely day Such a lovely day It’s just another sunny day “it always is this time of year” And Mr. Maxwell’s taken all my blues away
6.
I’ve been looking in my rear view mirror Looking in my rear view mirror But I can’t see you anymore I’ve been looking for a little reaction Just a bit of attraction I can’t feel it anymore, feel it anymore There’s gotta be a better way to say I love you Gotta be a better way to make you Feel it in your heart There’s gotta be a better way to stay close to you Gotta be a better way to keep you Hold me in your arms, hold me in your arms I’ve been looking in the wrong direction For a bit of affection it was right in front of me I’ve been looking for the words to tell you Ever since the day I met you I can’t take it anymore, you leave me wanting more Everyday is like I’m caught up in the middle Everyday I love you more than just a little Cause I can’t get over you I can’t get over you I know you said we shouldn’t but I really want to go there But if we never do I’ll always know it Couldn’t change a thing, I wouldn’t change a thing If I could be your boyfriend for just 5 minutes Be your ocean and everything in it We could laugh underwater as the world spins round Promise me you’ll hold me if I start to drown I don’t wanna fall but I feel like I’m falling I wanna wake up with you in the morning Ref I don’t wanna get over you I could never get over you Ref Every single day, since you went away Can’t get over, I can’t get over you Everyday I love you just a little bit more Everytime you leave me I don’t wanna let go
7.
Home Again 04:29
Sometime’s your love it starts flowing Sometime’s you don’t know where you’re going Sometime’s you’re better off not knowing Next time you look there’s no one there I’m going home, home again To see my friends from way way back when I’m going home it’s where it all began I’m going home Sometime’s you think about what could have been Sometime’s you worry about the state you’re in Sometime’s it’s better off not going there Those childhood memories of your teddy bear Sunday’s in the garden with my cousins Is where I should be Would you care for a little afternoon tea And somewhere in the kitchen there’s an apple pie Just waiting for me Would you care for a nibble with some Custard and cream So I say thank you for the blessings of my family tree My home is where my heart wants to be Sometime’s I think of my old schooldays The childhood crush of my yesterdays The innocence of a playground kiss Who would have thought it would come to this Sunday’s in the garden with my cousins Is where I should be Would you care for a little afternoon tea And somewhere in the kitchen there’s an apple pie Just waiting for me And you know how I love, how I love, how I love it That custard and cream So I say thank you for the blessings of my family tree My home is where my heart wants to be Sometime’s I think of all the things I miss The way your love slipped through my fingertips Far away in some old foreign town The memories of you they still come around
8.
Could have had it all and been so happy ever after But you had to go and spoil it all with your imagination You just put it in a letter, put it in a letter Then you watched me die Could have been the distance in between the lies and kisses with you Could have been the absence of the magic in the moments with you Gonna make it better, gonna make it better, make it work this time But there is something that you should know I’m conquering this fear of flying But taking off without you is frightening When the Captain says we’ll soon be on our way We had nowhere to go when we ran out of inspiration we just Tried to find the answer and some other explanation but we Found it in a bottle, found it in a bottle, then we drank it dry But there is something that you should know I’m conquering this fear of flying But taking off without you is frightening When the Captain says we’ll soon be on our way Only you could make the sunshine by cracking a smile Only you could fill a wardrobe with impeccable style Only you could make me laugh with just three little words Saying what’s he like, what’s he like Could have sworn I heard you calling On that early morning flight to LA We’re taking off and nothing’s gonna stop us Stop us tonight Broken wings can learn to fly We can fly again, if you try again Just listen to the Captain of your heart The pilot of your destiny I was weak you were strong you knew all along
9.
There’s a song in my heart and I wrote it for you In the summer of love it was all I could do Since the day that we met, I’ve been thinking of you In the tunnel of love it was all I could do To those every day people in this every day world Falling apart at the seams For those every day people in this every day world You’ll never know if you never dream it, believe it There’s a bird in the sky and he’s singing for you If you listen you’ll know what it is you should do To those every day people in this every day world Falling apart at the seams For those every day people in this every day world You’ll never know if you never dream it, believe it So don’t ever let it go, once you find it you will know There’ll be others, there’ll be lovers, under covers And one day my friend you’ll know Did I hurt you don’t let go Like the others, former lovers, endless summers To those every day people in this every day world Falling apart at the seams For those every day people in this every day world You’ll never know if you never dream it, believe it So don’t ever let it go, once you find it you will know There’ll be others, there’ll be lovers, under covers And when time’s not on your side Don’t regret the things you tried You get over, getting over, when you’re older So let me hold you one last time Keep this moment in my mind You will always be my only endless summer You will always be my only endless summer
10.
We had it all this time, even in the darker moments It’s a sure fine line from the beautiful to broken You get inside my mind, better or for worse We know it’s working, between the hurting In every garden there’s a flower that needs water And if a flower’s gonna grow you gotta give it time Though I know the grass looks greener, when I’m on your side Sometimes you need water, sometimes you need wine So baby be the water and I’ll be the wine And as the seasons change, you’re the now in my emotions We live inside the flame, we battle scars and the burdens It’s common ground we need We keep chasing rainbows cause we’re certain It’s worth the searching In every garden there’s a flower that needs water And if a flower’s gonna grow you gotta give it time Though I know the grass looks greener, when I’m on your side Sometimes you need water, sometimes you need wine Come rain or shine Deep down deep deep in the water We come alive Come rain or shine Every day we get a little bit older There’s nothing to fight It’s precious time And everyday we get a little bit older I’ll be your water, you be the wine In every garden there’s a flower that needs water And if a flower’s gonna grow, you gotta give it time Though I know the grass looks greener, when I’m on your side Sometimes you need water, sometimes you need wine Baby be the water, I’ll be the wine
11.
Every cloud’s got a silver lining Just look in the sky you’ll see the sun is shining Every laugh’s got a heart that’s smiling A tear in your eye don’t mean you’re crying A little love goes a long long way A little love’s gonna help me make it through the day Just like before I’m falling for the first time Cause we belong together ”in love” You never forget those special things like Kissing for the first time, seeing all the stars shine It’s just what you do Anytime you feel the sunlight fading Tomorrow you’ll find it’s gonna be there waiting And anytime you see the rain start falling Just look in the sky you’ll see a rainbow forming A little love goes a long long way A little love’s gonna help me make it through the day Just like before I’m falling for the first time Cause we belong together ”in love” You never forget those special things like Kissing for the first time Seeing all the stars shine It’s just what you do Ten more hours until you’re here, in these arms of mine I can’t wait for you no more, a little love’s gonna make it Just like before I’m falling for the first time Cause we belong together ”in love” You never forget those special things like Kissing for the first time, seeing all the stars shine It’s just what you do I see the sunset in your eyes Because we’re falling in love Everyday feels just like kissing for the first time Seeing all the stars shine It’s just what you do Kissing for the first time Seeing all the stars shine It’s just what you do
12.
There’s a time that I remember When my heart was like brand new A million different memories, of things we used to do We built snowmen in December Watched Corrie on TV, Al Stewart he was ours The graveyard and the flowers When ambition finally hit me There was nothing I could do California was there waiting And she chose me over you Cause you, you, yeah you You wanted something I couldn’t be I was busy being no one But to you I was a king Opportunity was calling me To leave you for my dream So you said you don’t mind waiting Just go and do your thing So I left you in uncertainty With the promise of a ring Cause you, you, yeah you You wanted something I couldn’t be You, you, yeah you, I didn’t leave you, you left me Happy ever after was All I ever wanted, all I ever needed All I ever wanted was Well I’d like to think that someday When all is said and done We can leave the past behind us Agree we both have won You could go on shining silently Just like you always did That jealously that tortured me Was only in my head But you, you, yeah you You wanted something I couldn’t be You, you, yeah you, I didn’t leave you, you left me Happy ever after was all you ever wanted, all you ever needed All I ever wanted Happy ever after was all you ever wanted, all you ever needed All I ever wanted was

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Follow up to Ghost in my heart, this album features another stellar cast of musicians including Francis Dunnery, Tania Doko, Jule Wiegand, Dorie Jackson, Peter Jones, Toshi Yanagi, Lars Olsson. Twelve songs about the artists personal experiences and relationships. Recorded and produced by the artist

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released April 5, 2023

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Quint Starkie, Francis Dunnery, Toshi Yanagi, Jule Wiegand, Tania Doko, Peter Jones, Dorie Jackson, Björn Fryklund, Lars Olsson, Johannes Zetterberg, Jonathan Lundberg, Mikael Wikman, Kjell Gustavsson, Michael Kleimert, Juna Serita, Mats Nilsson, Per Hansson, Petter Andersson, Mats Byström, Jan Blomgren, Pete Whitfield, Göran Eriksson
Artwork: Pär Gamlin
Mastering: Martin Ankelius-Cutting Room. Stockholm

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Quint Starkie Stockholm, Sweden

Quint Starkie is an English musician originally from Accrington, Lancashire. After living and performing in Los Angeles he now resides in Stockholm, Sweden. After years of writing for other artists, he released his first solo album Ghost in My Heart. His second solo album Quintessential, was released to great acclaim May 26th 2023. He has recently toured with It Bites and Tombstone Dunnery. ... more

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