There's a time and a place for a bit of realism, and it's bands like Arctic Monkeys that do it amazingly well. But why do bands have to recycle something that's already been done very well? We wanted to make… — James Righton Copy Share Image
My nan, God bless her, used to buy the NME, then go to the chip shop and be like 'ooh check out that' every week, she'd be saying, 'Oh have you heard the new single by Arctic Monkeys?' and it's… — 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
