Song Quotes by Johnny Flynn

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

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

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

I have a classical music background. I studied violin and trumpet.

— Johnny Flynn

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

Bob Dylan has and Einstein had their own way of perceiving the universe and translating it for us.

— Johnny Flynn

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

My dad was working class.

— Johnny Flynn

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

I played trumpet for Noah and the Whale a couple of times.

— Johnny Flynn

I try and stay in my right brain as much as I can, but my left takes over.

— Johnny Flynn

The truth is there's always a hum of people playing folk music in cities.

— Johnny Flynn

As a jobbing actor or musician, you have to take any work you can get.

— Johnny Flynn

The reason I stopped music for a while and concentrated on theatre was that it was more conducive to parenting; having the days free…

— Johnny Flynn

Diane Cluck is part of the anti-folk movement in New York. She's got a really haunting voice, and she usually sings in the pentatonic…

— Johnny Flynn