I like the idea of letting the music do its own work and the stories being more expressionful - if that's a… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
The truth is there's always a hum of people playing folk music in cities. — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
As a jobbing actor or musician, you have to take any work you can get. — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
The reason I stopped music for a while and concentrated on theatre was that it was more conducive to parenting; having the… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I first came across Langhorne Slim when I saw him play live, and he's an incredibly infectious performer. The way he works… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
When I was young, I was being pushed, against my will, towards becoming a classical musician. I had music scholarships; I had… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
The Band mean a lot to me in terms of what I aspire to achieve with my group, as the music they… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I guess I started writing poetry and stuff and then decided to set it to music. — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
Folk music - and what people are now perceiving as being folk music - is music that's quite close to the ground.… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
Westminster politics is very unattractive, and people are channelling political energy into more inward questioning - there are a lot of musicians… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
The world that I know and the world that I come from is from the arts, and my wife's an artist, and… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I don't really write songs. They're just there anyway, chiseling away at the atmosphere, and suddenly they're like, 'Oh, thanks for coming.… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
If you're trying to do something wholly new, it's hard to fully trust it. But if you use forms that have come… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
It's great being an actor and being part of a play or a film where there's usually quite a big group of… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
My only incentive is to write music that changes me, where the process of making it is a discovery and is true… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I like the idea of letting the music do its own work and the stories being more expressionful - if that's a word -… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I feel really lucky that I somehow have blagged my way into loads of different experiences. I find making a film fascinating, I find… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I did a lot of theater as a young actor in my early twenties, and my first few records really came from writing songs… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
In my mind, there's usually a fairly definitive kind of narrative when I write. But I don't want to enforce that on other people.… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
Bob Dylan has and Einstein had their own way of perceiving the universe and translating it for us. — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
Our job as actors is to invent the things that bridge ourselves with the characters, so you have to build something if it's not… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I take them both seriously - I don't particularly want to be an 'actor-musician.' I want to play the great challenging parts, to be… — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
I try and stay in my right brain as much as I can, but my left takes over. — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
The truth is there's always a hum of people playing folk music in cities. — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image