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…

— Alex Turner

Rock'n'roll will never go away completely because it's so fundamentally attractive.

— 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…

— Alex Turner

Sometimes, writing songs is like waiting in for deliveries. They give you a window, and your washing machine is going to show…

— Alex Turner

It was 2002, we all got guitars for Christmas and started playing in my garage that summer, rehearsed there and in a…

— Alex Turner

I took the batteries out my mysticism / And put them in my thinking cap

— Alex Turner

I can't draw. I'm good on the yo-yo, but I don't draw.

— Alex Turner

We were very nervous but it were right exciting. We weren't hooligans but we knew people that were.

— 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.…

— Alex Turner

There's that 15 quid we put on One Direction to win down the drain.

— Alex Turner

I usually sit around with the guitar in reach and grab it when I get an idea. Sometimes it lasts five minutes,…

— Alex Turner

We should not be afraid of change, we should return to the old ideas.

— Alex Turner

The idea that talent is directly proportional to your trophy cabinet is one I oppose.

— 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.…

— Alex Turner

The first time I went to New York, it was really exciting, and I thought, given half the chance, it would be…

— Alex Turner

There's something to be said for writing in the morning. At other points in the day, you're a bit more defensive.

— Alex Turner

We want to do things our way, and people think it's arrogance, so it's inevitable some people will get tired of us.

— Alex Turner

Someone asked me what the key to being a good frontman was, and I think having a sense of humor about it…

— Alex Turner

I can be a woodsman if need be. I grew up very close to some forest, and I spent a lot of…

— Alex Turner

I just don't think I'm equipped to soundtrack the times. There might be someone out there who can do that, but I…

— Alex Turner

You don't need to be in everyone's face all the time to appreciate what you do.

— Alex Turner

Sometimes I don't want to be in the confines of what a band seems to provide.

— Alex Turner

There is always that one band that comes along when you are 14 or 15 years old that manages to hit you…

— Alex Turner

Who's that girl there? I wonder what went wrong So that she had to roam the streets She dunt do major credit…

— Alex Turner

You don't meet that many people that you can talk about Roots Manuva with, but that was my favorite in school, this…

— Alex Turner