I've always been attracted to odd chord changes and interesting melodies. — James Righton Copy Share Image
Within Klaxons, I never wrote the lyrics. I always wrote the melody and music with the other guys. — James Righton Copy Share Image
We didn't want to be another post-Libertines band singing about London and playing chords. — James Righton Copy Share Image
People in bands should have a responsibility not to moan, not to complain about being in bands. Things could be a lot… — James Righton Copy Share Image
All of our albums are actually pretty similar, it's just the production that's different. Our songwriting is always the same. — James Righton Copy Share Image
In the band's early days people didn't really know what we were, and they decided to shout at us before listening to… — James Righton Copy Share Image
Even if you're the biggest band in the world, there's probably something else you want. — James Righton Copy Share Image
With the second record there's a need to show that we weren't chancers, that we could play our instruments. — James Righton Copy Share Image
We've never been ashamed of the fact we are, first and foremost, a pop band. — James Righton Copy Share Image
Our intention when we first started as a band, was to be a rave band. We kind of just got it wrong.… — James Righton Copy Share Image
People have used Crowley before, but we wanted to try and get a Crowley-reference song on the radio. We just wanted to… — James Righton Copy Share Image
There's a time and a place for a bit of realism, and it's bands like Arctic Monkeys that do it amazingly well.… — James Righton Copy Share Image
After touring the first album, we went into the studio and started making music that was influenced by all the freaky folk… — James Righton Copy Share Image
We have high expectations and a high level of standard we try to reach in everything we do. Ideas get through if… — James Righton Copy Share Image
For our third album, 'Love Frequency,' we've gone back to our old style. The album is full of songs that people can… — James Righton Copy Share Image
There's a few bands that I always read about that complain about everything: the travel, the fans... you know they could be… — James Righton Copy Share Image
I've always loved melody and pop hooks, slightly left of centre but I have always tried to balance it with songs that… — James Righton Copy Share Image
When I first came to London I thought there'd be this amazing music scene, but I was quite let down by how… — James Righton Copy Share Image
When you're in your twenties and starting out, the problem is that you care about being cool. Being older, I can care less about… — James Righton Copy Share
I will probably always be remembered as the person who used to be in Klaxons and there was a period of my life when… — James Righton Copy Share
We didn't want to be another post-Libertines band singing about London and playing chords. — James Righton Copy Share
The Smiths did that well, putting words in pop songs you wouldn't hear anywhere else. — James Righton Copy Share
If you look at the whole New Rave movement, the big common ground is definitely the fun element. It's more outward-looking music than introspective. — James Righton Copy Share
I've always loved melody and pop hooks, slightly left of centre but I have always tried to balance it with songs that have lyrics… — James Righton Copy Share
There's nothing better than looking out into the audience and having a whole sea of glowsticks staring back at you. — James Righton Copy Share
New Rave was like the 60s - if you can remember it then you weren't there. — James Righton Copy Share
We want our audience to enjoy themselves, we want every gig to feel like an event - of course there are musical elements of… — James Righton Copy Share
When you're growing up you also like to go out and party a lot, and the music that we would hear going out would… — James Righton Copy Share
I always liked music that was melodic, but that had something a bit more wonky and odd going on too. — James Righton Copy Share
Even things like Abba - I think it's always got a dark, subversive element to it. You've got these four blonde Swedish people singing… — James Righton Copy Share
