Being sent away to boarding school at seven is as great an inspiration as any songwriter could have - to be taken away from one's family and locked away for 10 years. It does create an incredible intensity of emotion. — James Blunt Copy Share Image
My mum was very good at making me take up musical instruments, so although there was no popular music she made me learn the recorder when I was three, the violin when I was five and the piano when I… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
I don't think I picked up the guitar in the first place as a way of getting women. There are probably better ways of… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
I have friends who were friends of mine before I did music and they are my friends now, and we share life experiences. It's… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
I don't think I was ever designed to be a ubiquitous worldwide star. I'm a singer-songwriter writing quite personal songs. You're not supposed to… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
If you have good songs and a real desire to make music, the next thing to do, instead of approach record companies, is to… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
I don't think about Norfolk as I write songs, sadly no! But things like 'High' is a song about watching the dawn come up… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
If you get up on stage and brag, I don't think that's very brave. It's braver to get up and take your clothes off.… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
I generally read everything about me. Based on my army experience, I think it's the right thing to do. Saddam Hussein didn't read his… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
I am very happy to say I look just like my dad. But mothers always think their children are prettier than they really are,… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
Every time I do an interview, it's like serious therapy. But real therapy isn't something that I'd ever have. I feel fortunate that mentally… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
I like 'Goodbye My Lover' because it's a really personal song and I recorded it in my landlady's bathroom in Los Angeles. She had… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
