When I started out making music I thought it was about thrills and adding layers, but I realized I want to focus on saying the most with the least. — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I heard of this Texas studio. The owner, Tony Rancich, wanted to fly us out for the day to see the studio. I booked… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I'm very ambitious, musically - I want to create great things, not mediocre work. — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has been the guiding light of my life as a musician and a music fan. It's the one common thread through all of… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I like what I like, I don't like what I don't like, and I'm very bad at toning myself down. — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I feel the reasons my songs might seem dark is because of how I viewed the situations I was in and it was just… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I really wanted to approach performing live differently than most people who just play guitar and sing. — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I made a note in my head to be aware of things as they were happening, because they might not happen again. Up to… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
More often than not, changes had to be made in order for a song to make sense, and by the end of it, it… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
All the really good guitar players - Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, or even Bert Jansch or John Martin - I love all those people.… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I write songs on a course of time that's comfortable for me. I would probably never write a song from start to finish in… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
What we understand to be profoundness, or importance, it changes. It should change. It should be this moment where you cannot believe that equalled… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I want to talk about things that are tangible and real to me, but I also want to do them in a way that's… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person. — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I didn't really learn how to play guitar until I was in college. — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
I approach every show from the same fundamental perspective: this is a conversation, and my job is to make people leave the show feeling… — James Vincent McMorrow Copy Share Image
