Jack Garratt Quotes
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With every milestone that I've come across, there's always been a little note at the bottom that's said, 'Don't worry, there's another milestone coming up.'
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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 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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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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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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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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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 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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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 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 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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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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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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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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People don't want to hear the same song 12 times in a row on an album.
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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 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've always found myself to be most free and creatively open when I'm on my own.
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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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For me, creating music is just as relaxing as sitting down and doing nothing.
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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.