James Bay Quotes
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I'm going to take each day and each thing and each gig as it comes at me.
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It's bad to be labeled just another singer-songwriter.
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I like it when things crescendo to a huge moment like 'Hold Back the River.'
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Being exhausted is all part of the fun. I'm cool with it. I'm not going to wish that it would slow down.
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The thing about 'Hold Back The River' that I like is that it's a good starting place, and it was the perfect first single.
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Up until the last minute, it was art and drawing for me. That was the first real and natural thing I thought I was good at and loved to do. But I developed a similar kind of love for music.
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I used to dress up like Michael Jackson. I didn't have the glove, but I had a red jacket like in 'Thriller.'
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It's silly to call me the new Ed Sheeran. He can fill stadiums as a solo artist, but I'm not like that.
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The Internet is the Wild West of the world, where anybody can throw anything down. Everything can be as relevant as the next thing; it doesn't matter who posts it. In that environment, the Critics' Choice is still very important.
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To drive though the streets of Manhattan to sign a record deal was like a movie. It was crazy - pretty hard to put into words.
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Growing up in Hitchin was comfortable and easy enough. My parents had some great records - and some not-so-great ones - and that's where I got introduced to Motown and the Stones and Springsteen.
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I write about personal experiences. I write about things that have happened to me and the people around me, so you just sort of keep this antenna up and on the lookout for things to say.
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How I set myself apart is by creating the sort of real and honest music, which is who I'm also trying to be.
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Some of my songs are about the feeling you belong somewhere else. But there's also something grounding about coming from a small town.
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As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.
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I'm still like an excited kid playing guitar in front of the bedroom mirror.
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When I was 15, if anything, I thought I was going to be a Delta bluesman, which is so ridiculous.
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I spent two years playing open mic nights in Brighton, and I heard more and more people saying, 'You should give it a go in London.'
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When I'm writing, I need to amplify my thoughts and feelings on just a conversation that I might have had with somebody - somebody close to me. It's often the case that the people closest to me are the people on my mind the most.
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My songwriting process is painful. Songwriting is brilliant. It's a load of fun - when it works. It's really difficult as well.
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My songwriting process, and maybe loads of other people's, is just this sort of smashing together of emotions and stuff to make some music. It's kind of simple and really complex at the same time and, as you can see, incredibly hard to explain.
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My family quite innocently don't understand the ins and outs of it all, but they see things like the Burberry show and the Live Lounge, so they understand the gravity of those things, but they're proud - it's cool.
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I like drawing people in the airport or on the bus or in venues. I like catching people in the moment. It's a similar inspiration for me in terms of songwriting.
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When I was 16, I spent a year pushing trollies around a car park, and that wasn't fun. I didn't love working in a supermarket; it wasn't for me. It is for some people, and that's totally cool.