After touring the first album, we went into the studio and started making music that was influenced by all the freaky folk music we'd been listening to. Lots of Canterbury scene stuff from the 1960s and '70s. Robert Wyatt, Soft… — 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 the music. — 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 Image
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 Image
We didn't want to be another post-Libertines band singing about London and playing chords. — James Righton Copy Share Image
The Smiths did that well, putting words in pop songs you wouldn't hear anywhere else. — James Righton Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
New Rave was like the 60s - if you can remember it then you weren't there. — James Righton Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
