Song Quotes by James Bay

11 Song quotes by James Bay

James Bay’s take on songs comes across in eleven short reflections. He touches on vulnerability, melody, and the intimate moments that make a track feel personal.

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Some of my songs are about the feeling you belong somewhere else. But there's also something grounding about coming from a small…

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As a singer-songwriter, a solo artist with a guitar, I can only write so many weepie little bedroom songs.

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When I was 15, if anything, I thought I was going to be a Delta bluesman, which is so ridiculous.

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I do some solo, acoustic stuff, but I also like plugging in my electric guitar and playing loud with a band.

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My songwriting process is painful. Songwriting is brilliant. It's a load of fun - when it works. It's really difficult as well.

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I bought a guitar CD-ROM because we had a new computer, but I had no attention span for that. I spent about…

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How I set myself apart is by creating the sort of real and honest music, which is who I'm also trying to…

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Growing up in Hitchin was comfortable and easy enough. My parents had some great records - and some not-so-great ones - and…

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Both Springsteen and Michael Jackson, who had these huge productions, could always scale them back down to just a song and a…

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My songwriting process, and maybe loads of other people's, is just this sort of smashing together of emotions and stuff to make…

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There was a guitar that my uncle owned and never learnt to play. He sold it to my dad, and when I…

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It's silly to call me the new Ed Sheeran. He can fill stadiums as a solo artist, but I'm not like that.

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And you don't have to care, so don't pretend. Nobody needs a best fake friend.

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Being exhausted is all part of the fun. I'm cool with it. I'm not going to wish that it would slow down.

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When I was 15, if anything, I thought I was going to be a Delta bluesman, which is so ridiculous.

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When I'm writing, I need to amplify my thoughts and feelings on just a conversation that I might have had with somebody - somebody…

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I loved pop music as a little kid. Things like the Black Eyed Peas. If it had a catchy chorus, I was into it.

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How I set myself apart is by creating the sort of real and honest music, which is who I'm also trying to be.

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I write about personal experiences. I write about things that have happened to me and the people around me, so you just sort of…

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I'm going to take each day and each thing and each gig as it comes at me.

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I spent two years playing open mic nights in Brighton, and I heard more and more people saying, 'You should give it a go…

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Both Springsteen and Michael Jackson, who had these huge productions, could always scale them back down to just a song and a melody. All…

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Growing up, when I was at live shows, I was always hoping someone would come out on stage and say, 'The guitarist is sick…

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