Jack Garratt Quotes
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I wanted to create a body of work that I was proud of. It's come from honesty and integrity, without forcing anything from myself, the ideas had to come instinctively and organically. Whether that translates to people in that way, it's kind of out of my hands now.
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I find myself working ten steps ahead of where I actually am on my laptop or keyboard, but I know what the ten steps are. I just haven't got to them yet.
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I spent my entire childhood going 'look at me, look at me, look at me,' before realising I needed someone to look at me for more than just what I was showing off for.
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I find it hard to not like music if it has passion behind it and good integrity. Only if it's made for the wrong reasons and shows a lack of respect for its audience will I find something to dislike.
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I was studying primary school education. I was going to be a teacher. I was going to get my teaching qualification and have that as my safety net and then tackle the music industry.
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I would sing around the house, and I would always play on things just because instruments were always there, but I didn't show any genius as a child. I wasn't a prodigy or anything like that.
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The music in my family has always been there; it's been quite an obvious trait that seems to have trickled down the bloodline.
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Genre hopping is something I intend to do, and I intend to do it forever and ever because I think genres are boring.
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It's difficult sometimes to go and see a show and enjoy it and not go and see a show and critique it.
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I feel the best way to respect my audience is to not give them what they expect from me... 'cause it's fun that way.
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There's a stigma attached to 'pop music,' like it's a taboo word. It used to make my skin crawl when people said it, and I'd say, 'I'm not a pop star! I want to be a respected musician!' But I think people have changed the way they think about it.
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I had a passion and a soul in me that was screaming to be heard, and I had to let them out in as honest and challenging a way as I could.
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People don't want to hear the same song 12 times in a row on an album.
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I got to a point when I was 20 that I dropped out of university because I felt I didn't have any purpose, and I wanted to find a fire in me.
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The most important thing for me is to have as much control over what's going on in front of me as I possibly can, so because of that, I don't play to a click track, and I don't have anything on the grid. Everything is triggered by me. Everything is played by me. Everything is within my control.
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I want my music to sound good on whatever people are listening - laptop speakers, those crappy little white ones you get with your PC.
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I would go to school and try to talk to my mates about music and playing instruments and stuff, and they would turn around and go, 'What're you talking about? Shut up.' And I realised that I was the weird one.
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I've always found myself to be most free and creatively open when I'm on my own.
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When I was younger and played acoustic guitar music, I got a lot of Sheeran comparisons, along with guys like Paolo Nutini and James Morrison.
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For me, creating music is just as relaxing as sitting down and doing nothing.
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I don't listen to much music on the go because I tend either to be writing my own music or wanting a break from the music around me.
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I didn't do myself any favours. I would be resentful of my own ideas even before I'd said them out loud. But music was always the most consistent and peaceful thing for me. So I taught myself to be my harshest critic rather than just a mean voice in the back of my head.
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It's amazing to be nominated for the Brits' Critics' Choice Award 2016. It's such a significant award that highlights the importance of new music, so it's a genuine honour to have been nominated alongside some other incredible new acts from the U.K.
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Festivals are the best because you can't control anything, and for a control freak like me, that's a wonderful experience.