Jack Garratt Quotes
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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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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 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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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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I spent 19, 20 years of my life being terrified about what I looked like. I was a ginger white kid.
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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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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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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 just hope people enjoy 'Phase' as much as I've enjoyed making it. I hope it's a good reaction.
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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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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 remember, from aged six to nine, I was loud and abrasive and loved making noise and loved playing instruments and doing all those things. When I was about ten, I realised I could get attention by doing that, so when I was eleven, I started writing songs.
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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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When I perform live, I'm doing a lot, but I kind of black out. I don't think about it too much.
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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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For me, creating music is just as relaxing as sitting down and doing nothing.
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The thing that was most constant when I was growing up was just complete support and adoration from my parents.
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I found a way to connect with lots of instruments rather than just fixating on one of them. I just loved making noise on anything.
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Ever since I was a little kid, my ears and my hands would talk to each other very well, so I could pick up instruments quite easily.
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I get inspired by the sounds that evoke an emotion from me. That's what I am drawn to; that's what turns me on.
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I saved up my pocket money when I was about five or six years old. I just wanted to buy a CD, and at that age, I didn't care about what it was, and I ended up buying 'The Teletubbies Say 'Eh-Oh!'' I started off strong.
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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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Festivals are the best because you can't control anything, and for a control freak like me, that's a wonderful experience.
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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.