Country music was the music I was brought up on. It's the music that's closest to my heart and the music that speaks to me the most, and it's always been a big influence on my own songwriting. — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
My goal when I started out was to get to the point where I could tour a lot and make a living, which means getting paid enough to hire my own band, travel and end up with a bit of… — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
The state of radio is not great. It's like playing the lottery. The chances of hitting are mind boggling slim. — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
People think unless you have loops and electronics and so on, you must be in your 50s. I quite like a lot of things… — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
My career could've been anything, I just wasn't that good at other things. I'd say it was fairly easy starting out as I did… — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
I went to a boarding school when I was 13, and it was a very arty school, so there was an opportunity for a… — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
I'm never worried about being upstaged. I love to have the best, most individual people come in and see if we hit on something. — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
Any kind of creativity is not settling down into a happy little space. I don't try to be mellow or anything. I think I… — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
I still do lots of gigs where I'm the support act and people are chatting through my set, but I've got better at grabbing… — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
I remember writing 'The One I Can't Have' at the kitchen table. I was looking at a picture of Truman Capote with Marilyn Monroe… — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
Most artists never get a chance to be Picasso, but that doesn't mean you would stop painting. — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
I like England more than I did when I left. It's become a bit of a better country in the last ten years, in… — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
To say how you would react if you were really storming the charts and had people running around after you... who's to say how… — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
It's amazing that you can listen to any song and you can always tell when there's some substance beneath it and when there isn't.… — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
