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Portrait of Jamie Cullum

Jamie Cullum

(1979) Composer United Kingdom

80 quotes in 670 categories

The taste of summer wine marks days the singer feels he missed, and he finds stillness in those moments. He talks about how a chaotic studio lets him indulge toys and curiosities that a grown‑up house would ban. He also notes that having kids sparks a magical self‑examination of beliefs and creativity.

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Jamie Cullum is a composer from the United Kingdom, best known for Jamie Cullum The Pursuit.

Quick Facts About Jamie Cullum

Born: August 20, 1979
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Composer
Notable works: Jamie Cullum The Pursuit
Spouse: Sophie Dahl

About Jamie Cullum

Jamie Paul Joseph Cullum is an English jazz-pop singer, pianist, songwriter and radio presenter. Although primarily a vocalist and pianist, he also accompanies himself on other instruments, including guitar and drums. He has recorded nine studio albums, three compilation albums, one live album and twenty-four singles. Since April 2010, he has presented a weekly Tuesday evening jazz show on BBC Radio 2.

Quotes by Jamie Cullum

My only ambition is to grow as a musician.

Ambition

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My pure love is playing music.

Love

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I'd be worried if I was put in the same category as Michael Bubl I'm trying to sound like a young man,…

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She's a melody. That I've tried to forget but I can't. It still follows me. When I wake in the dead of…

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One dark morning. She left without a warning and took the red-eye back to London town.

Morning

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What a difference a day made, twenty four little hours. Brought the sun and the flowers where there use to be rain.

Gardening

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I'm no longer a shoeaholic, but I used to be. I used to spend all my time on tour either buying records…

Buying

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When I look back on my ordinary, ordinary life, I see so much magic, though I missed it at the time.

Life

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Hello Innocence. Though it seems like we've been friends for years.

Friends

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It's heaven when you find romance on your menu. What a difference a day made and the difference is you, is you.

Love

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I have a piano in my kitchen. I read a great biography about Tom Waits that said that he had a piano…

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My maternal granddad, Leonard, was full of amazing stories. He was an orphan, with 11 or 12 brothers and sisters, and he…

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I never use a piano stool. I always use a drum stool. Because I feel that when you're down there, you're playing…

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These are the times of love and meaning. Ice of the heart has melted away and found the light. These are the…

Dreaming

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I never sought out a record deal. It caught me with my pants down. I was just a musician doing my thing,…

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I'm finishing How I wish I had never begun. Though it should be the last one and it's dragging me down to…

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People often say that having a family makes you make safer choices. It's been the total opposite for me. It's really made…

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I was thinking of applying to the 'Guardian' for a job after university. Yeah, I wanted to be one of the people…

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Now I have other demands on my time that are not flexible, I just can't wander into the studio at 2 A.M.…

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“But for now let me say I love you Later on there'll be time for so much more But for now meaning…

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I tried to sing 'What's Going On' with Amy Winehouse once at an old cinema in the West End. There was a…

Amazing

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I don't think I've ever been true to jazz. There's always a kind of jazz element to what I do. There are…

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The last time I went to a festival without a hat, two things happened. One: I got sunstroke. Secondly, I had to…

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My mother was born in Burma, but my grandfather on her side was Indian-Spanish. So I have this quite exotic mix, which…

Aunts

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One of the beautiful things about having kids is I had no idea how much it will make you look into yourself…

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Oh, I was a real Nirvana kid. I got into jazz because I listened to a lot of metal, Megadeth and that,…

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I sleep by myself I drink on my own. Don't speak to nobody I gave away my phone.

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Like a warm drink it seeps into my soul. Please just leave me right here on my own.

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Don't give tips to friends who are about to have babies unless they ask!

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I'm all over it now and I can't say how glad I am about that.

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Oh yes, we've had some lovely gigs in the Liverpool area. They've been great.

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To disappear within your mind. You never know what you might find. So come and spend some time with me.

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I know that I can't find. That song going round in my head. Like the last things you said.

Song

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It's not just me who feels it. Music plays a mind trick. Watch me forget about missing you.

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I think you realise how terrifying and scary the world is when you're bringing kids into it.

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I get into plenty of trouble. It just doesn't seem to get picked up by the papers.

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Later on you could spend some time with me. If you want to all at sea.

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Having kids sets a bomb off in your life. It really makes you examine who you are, what you believe in and…

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Lizzy Parks. Check this out, this is brilliantShe is a fantastic jazz singer definitely one to watch from now on, she’s got…

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'Cullum' is Scottish, but I'm nowhere near Scottish. My mother is Burmese, and my father is of German, Jewish, English ancestry.

Ancestry

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