James Vincent McMorrow Quotes
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You play a couple of shows, and these label guys come - and they leave halfway through a show. Then the phone calls just stop. And your heart is broken.
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I have no interest in making music that's built for an antique shop.
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I have some vivid memories of walking around as a child with a cassette tape.
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All the really good guitar players - Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, or even Bert Jansch or John Martin - I love all those people. But I didn't start out thinking that I would be a guitar player. In the beginning, I played the guitar so I could sing. I mainly concentrated on my voice.
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I just essentially stayed at home for three years and just learned to play as many instruments as I could and listened to as many singers as I could. Like, when I got to about 19/20, I started listening to singers. I normally just listened to bands. Now I listen to a lot of old singers, not a lot of new stuff.
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My first record was made in Termonfeckin, which is a small town on the north-east coast of Ireland. I had been in London, but it didn't click. So, at home, I didn't think about making something, just whether something could be made. There was no grand plan.
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My favorite records are not easy - they're not records that reveal everything to you the first time out.
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I never was the front man in any bands I played in when I was in college, and I always learned music by myself at home.
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I don't know about folk music. I play guitar, so there's a feeling I make folk music.
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I grew up in a place called Malahide, which is by the water and is beautifully quiet, leafy, and part serene.
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I don't function well in certain aspects of society, and you can read into that what you will.
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Food in Dublin has gotten immeasurably better than it was. When I was a kid, there weren't a lot of options. Now you're overwhelmed with options.
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I'm learning on the guitar all the time.
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I didn't really learn how to play guitar until I was in college.