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> [Last year at this time, we were driving around playing shows near Sheffield. Now, it feels like we'll at least have a go at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-turner/last-year-at-this-time-we-were-driving-around-playing-shows-near/)

[Alex Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-turner/)

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> [It'll never be the same as it is here. We'd been playing shows all over and it's been building up really slowly. We didn't even know we were doing it when we were doing it. It can never be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-turner/it-ll-never-be-the-same-as-it-is-here-we-d-been-playing-shows-all/)

[Alex Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-turner/)

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## More by Alex Turner

> [I saw that something changed in terms of the way I approach writing. I don't know. Before, everything was just sort of pieced together;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-turner/i-saw-that-something-changed-in-terms-of-the-way-i-approach-writing-i/)

[Alex Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-turner/)

> [Rock'n'roll will never go away completely because it's so fundamentally attractive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-turner/rock-n-roll-will-never-go-away-completely-because-it-s-so/)

[Alex Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-turner/)

> [That rock and roll, eh? That rock and roll, it just won't go away. It might hibernate from time to time, sink back into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-turner/that-rock-and-roll-eh-that-rock-and-roll-it-just-won-t-go-away-it/)

[Alex Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-turner/)

> [Sometimes, writing songs is like waiting in for deliveries. They give you a window, and your washing machine is going to show up, whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-turner/sometimes-writing-songs-is-like-waiting-in-for-deliveries-they-give/)

[Alex Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-turner/)

> [It was 2002, we all got guitars for Christmas and started playing in my garage that summer, rehearsed there and in a warehouse for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-turner/it-was-2002-we-all-got-guitars-for-christmas-and-started-playing-in/)

[Alex Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-turner/)

> [I took the batteries out my mysticism / And put them in my thinking cap](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-turner/i-took-the-batteries-out-my-mysticism-and-put-them-in-my-thinking-cap/)

[Alex Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-turner/)

> [I can't draw. I'm good on the yo-yo, but I don't draw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-turner/i-can-t-draw-i-m-good-on-the-yo-yo-but-i-don-t-draw/)

[Alex Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-turner/)

> [We were very nervous but it were right exciting. We weren't hooligans but we knew people that were.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-turner/we-were-very-nervous-but-it-were-right-exciting-we-weren-t-hooligans/)

[Alex Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-turner/)

> [I feel like I should just flip out and do something crazy. It's boring when people tell me I'm really well grounded. I feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-turner/i-feel-like-i-should-just-flip-out-and-do-something-crazy-it-s-boring/)

[Alex Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-turner/)

> [There's that 15 quid we put on One Direction to win down the drain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-turner/there-s-that-15-quid-we-put-on-one-direction-to-win-down-the-drain/)

[Alex Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-turner/)

> [I usually sit around with the guitar in reach and grab it when I get an idea. Sometimes it lasts five minutes, and sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-turner/i-usually-sit-around-with-the-guitar-in-reach-and-grab-it-when-i-get/)

[Alex Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-turner/)

> [We should not be afraid of change, we should return to the old ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-turner/we-should-not-be-afraid-of-change-we-should-return-to-the-old-ideas/)

[Alex Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-turner/)

> [The idea that talent is directly proportional to your trophy cabinet is one I oppose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-turner/the-idea-that-talent-is-directly-proportional-to-your-trophy-cabinet/)

[Alex Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-turner/)

> [Hopefully the tabloid thing has peaked. It doesn't seem to be as big (to us) as what people might think it is. Maybe we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-turner/hopefully-the-tabloid-thing-has-peaked-it-doesn-t-seem-to-be-as-big/)

[Alex Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-turner/)

> [The first time I went to New York, it was really exciting, and I thought, given half the chance, it would be nice to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-turner/the-first-time-i-went-to-new-york-it-was-really-exciting-and-i/)

[Alex Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-turner/)

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