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title: "2 Arctic Quotes By James Righton"
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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/there-s-a-time-and-a-place-for-a-bit-of-realism-and-it-s-bands-like/)

[James Righton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-righton/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/my-nan-god-bless-her-used-to-buy-the-nme-then-go-to-the-chip-shop-and/)

[James Righton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-righton/)

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## Other authors on Arctic

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-mckibben-17985.jpg) Bill McKibben 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arctic/bill-mckibben/)
- [Tatiana Schlossberg 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arctic/tatiana-schlossberg/)

## More by James Righton

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/when-you-re-in-your-twenties-and-starting-out-the-problem-is-that-you/)

[James Righton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-righton/)

> [I will probably always be remembered as the person who used to be in Klaxons and there was a period of my life when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/i-will-probably-always-be-remembered-as-the-person-who-used-to-be-in/)

[James Righton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-righton/)

> [We didn't want to be another post-Libertines band singing about London and playing chords.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/we-didn-t-want-to-be-another-post-libertines-band-singing-about/)

[James Righton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-righton/)

> [We like people who come to our gigs to dress sharp and to impress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/we-like-people-who-come-to-our-gigs-to-dress-sharp-and-to-impress/)

[James Righton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-righton/)

> [The Smiths did that well, putting words in pop songs you wouldn't hear anywhere else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/the-smiths-did-that-well-putting-words-in-pop-songs-you-wouldn-t-hear/)

[James Righton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-righton/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/if-you-look-at-the-whole-new-rave-movement-the-big-common-ground-is/)

[James Righton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-righton/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/i-ve-always-loved-melody-and-pop-hooks-slightly-left-of-centre-but-i/)

[James Righton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-righton/)

> [We are indeed a party band.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/we-are-indeed-a-party-band/)

[James Righton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-righton/)

> [There's nothing better than looking out into the audience and having a whole sea of glowsticks staring back at you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/there-s-nothing-better-than-looking-out-into-the-audience-and-having/)

[James Righton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-righton/)

> [New Rave was like the 60s - if you can remember it then you weren't there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/new-rave-was-like-the-60s-if-you-can-remember-it-then-you-weren-t/)

[James Righton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-righton/)

> [We want our audience to enjoy themselves, we want every gig to feel like an event - of course there are musical elements of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/we-want-our-audience-to-enjoy-themselves-we-want-every-gig-to-feel/)

[James Righton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-righton/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/when-you-re-growing-up-you-also-like-to-go-out-and-party-a-lot-and/)

[James Righton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-righton/)

> [I always liked music that was melodic, but that had something a bit more wonky and odd going on too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/i-always-liked-music-that-was-melodic-but-that-had-something-a-bit/)

[James Righton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-righton/)

> [I think the best pop is always subversive in its nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/i-think-the-best-pop-is-always-subversive-in-its-nature/)

[James Righton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-righton/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-righton/even-things-like-abba-i-think-it-s-always-got-a-dark-subversive/)

[James Righton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-righton/)

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