Music is a self-propelling thing. You can not rely on anybody but yourself. — James Vincent McMorrow Music Copy Share Image
I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person. — James Vincent McMorrow Down Copy Share Image
I don't know about folk music. I play guitar, so there's a feeling I make folk music. — James Vincent McMorrow About Copy Share Image
You get one chance to make an impression, and coasting through is a disservice. — James Vincent McMorrow Chance Copy Share Image
Sometimes my hands they don’t feel like my own; I need someone to love, I need someone to hold. — James Vincent McMorrow Feel Copy Share Image
The only thing that's ever made sense to me has been sitting in the house by myself making music. — James Vincent McMorrow Been Copy Share Image
I have no interest in making music that's built for an antique shop. — James Vincent McMorrow Antique Copy Share Image
I like what I like, I don't like what I don't like, and I'm very bad at toning myself down. — James Vincent McMorrow Bad Copy Share Image
I grew up in a place called Malahide, which is by the water and is beautifully quiet, leafy, and part serene. — James Vincent McMorrow Beautifully Copy Share Image
Life is short. I'm here to make music, I'm not here to sit on a beach. That sounds really boring to me. — James Vincent McMorrow Beach Copy Share Image
What we understand to be profoundness, or importance, it changes. It should change. It should be this moment where you cannot believe… — James Vincent McMorrow Believe Copy Share Image
I've got an Avalon guitar - that's the company that used to be Lowden. They come out of Ireland, and they're like… — James Vincent McMorrow Business Copy Share Image
You play a couple of shows, and these label guys come - and they leave halfway through a show. Then the phone… — James Vincent McMorrow Broken Copy Share Image
I feel the reasons my songs might seem dark is because of how I viewed the situations I was in and it… — James Vincent McMorrow Dark Copy Share Image
I never was the front man in any bands I played in when I was in college, and I always learned music… — James Vincent McMorrow Always Copy Share Image
Hip-hop has been the guiding light of my life as a musician and a music fan. It's the one common thread through… — James Vincent McMorrow Common Copy Share Image
I have a vision for everything that I make, but... I'm not that considerate about what I do. I do whatever is… — James Vincent McMorrow Considerate Copy Share Image
I do not think good art comes from comfort. While from a humanistic standpoint I would have much rather been at my… — James Vincent McMorrow Art Copy Share Image
I'm not an L.A. guy. I don't take meetings - you know what I mean? I don't really know how to interact… — James Vincent McMorrow Agendas Copy Share Image
I feel if I wanted to be taken seriously I have to study music the same way someone who wants to be… — James Vincent McMorrow Crafts Copy Share Image
My mum was a big fan of E.L.O. and Elvis Costello. She used to play that, consistently, all the time when we… — James Vincent McMorrow Big Copy Share Image
I think it's safe to say that if you talk to anybody in Ireland, they'll have a passing knowledge of the guitar.… — James Vincent McMorrow Anybody Copy Share Image
All the really good guitar players - Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, or even Bert Jansch or John Martin - I love all… — James Vincent McMorrow Beginning Copy Share Image
I'm an introspective human being and someone who likes to be alone in a room. The idea of going out and talking… — James Vincent McMorrow Aliens Copy Share Image
Its always important to fall back on your instincts and core beliefs and that was pretty hard for me to do but… — James Vincent McMorrow Be proud Copy Share Image
I made a note in my head to be aware of things as they were happening, because they might not happen again.… — James Vincent McMorrow Appreciative Copy Share Image
I think sitting in the car with your parents and listening to music is an essential to growing up. — James Vincent McMorrow Car Copy Share Image
The idea of trying to predict what people will or won't respond to is risky. — James Vincent McMorrow Idea Copy Share Image
I don't know if I'm attention deficit, but I certainly am easily distracted by other things. — James Vincent McMorrow Am Copy Share Image
I have some vivid memories of walking around as a child with a cassette tape. — James Vincent McMorrow Around Copy Share Image
I don't function well in certain aspects of society, and you can read into that what you will. — James Vincent McMorrow Aspect Copy Share Image
I didn't really learn how to play guitar until I was in college. — James Vincent McMorrow College Copy Share Image
I'm very ambitious, musically - I want to create great things, not mediocre work. — James Vincent McMorrow Ambitious Copy Share Image
I moved to London with this really warped sense of expectation. — James Vincent McMorrow Expectation Copy Share Image
Food in Dublin has gotten immeasurably better than it was. When I was a kid, there weren't a lot of options. Now… — James Vincent McMorrow Better Copy Share Image
I heard of this Texas studio. The owner, Tony Rancich, wanted to fly us out for the day to see the studio.… — James Vincent McMorrow Booked Copy Share Image
