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Jamie Hince

(1968) Singer-songwriter United Kingdom

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Jamie Hince is a singer-songwriter from the United Kingdom, best known for The Kills : Dream & Drive.

Quick Facts About Jamie Hince

Born: December 24, 1968
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Singer-songwriter
Notable works: The Kills : Dream & Drive
Spouse: Kate Moss

About Jamie Hince

James William Hince is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known as the guitarist for the indie rock duo The Kills. He started his musical career in the bands Fiji, Scarfo, and Blyth Power. He co-founded The Kills with American singer Alison Mosshart in 2000. In The Kills, Hince is known as "Hotel".

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Jamie Hince

I saw a picture of a girl using an eyelash curler when I was a kid, and I thought it was some…

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In high school, I listened to The Jam, stuff like that, a lot of English bands, really. And then I got into…

High

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I was vegan for about 20 years.

About

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I'm probably quite practical when I'm on stage. I start off with a leather jacket, and then get too hot and take…

Hot

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Photography is a big part of my life: taking photographs, being around photographers.

Being

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Privacy has become the most precious thing. Things have got more cryptic in my writing.

Cybersecurity

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Being in a band is not about reality - it's a bit of a fantasy. I can't go on stage as my…

Band

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There are plenty of cities that have given me the time of my life for a week or two - including Sao…

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I get excited by being in the studio and could never get burnt out in there.

Being

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After spending so much time in America, I started travelling with 'In Defence of English Cooking' by George Orwell. It's archaic and…

America

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I love all board games, actually, apart from backgammon. I can never remember the rules.

Board games

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I start the day off with a pot of coffee, and I read all the newspapers online, then I delve around for…

Coffee

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Generally, my life is absolute chaos, but when I'm writing songs, it's very thought out and regimented.

Chaos

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I love when a song is conceived as a jigsaw puzzle in the studio, and then it's a natural to play live.…

I love

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'The Tin Drum' is one of my favourite books of all time - I've probably got 12 or 15 copies with different…

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Rock music was the death of jazz in a way. I know there's a bunch of people who say jazz isn't dead,…

Death

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I don't feel like the album format is sacred anymore, and things have got to change. I don't listen to music in…

Attention

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I've got no problem being on my own. I like the way my imagination works.

Being

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Did groupies ever interest me? No. I'm a pleasure seeker, and I like going bananas, but that's never appealed to me. I…

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The best part of touring has to be playing shows.

Best

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One of the things I discovered about myself is I'm just really positive.

About

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I admire a lot of photographers, but I feel very disconnected from them at the same time. I don't feel I employ…

Beauty

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I try not to be too realistic. It's better to be over-positive.

Better

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I do believe in ghosts, but I haven't seen one. I can imagine that you cross over to the other side, some…

Always

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I've started to fall for New Orleans recently. There's real life there, if you know what I mean.

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