Klaxons Quotes 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…

— 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…

— James Righton

We didn't want to be another post-Libertines band singing about London and playing chords.

— James Righton

We like people who come to our gigs to dress sharp and to impress.

— James Righton

The Smiths did that well, putting words in pop songs you wouldn't hear anywhere else.

— 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.

— 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…

— James Righton

We are indeed a party band.

— James Righton

There's nothing better than looking out into the audience and having a whole sea of glowsticks staring back at you.

— James Righton

New Rave was like the 60s - if you can remember it then you weren't there.

— 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…

— 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…

— James Righton

I always liked music that was melodic, but that had something a bit more wonky and odd going on too.

— James Righton

I think the best pop is always subversive in its nature.

— 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…

— James Righton