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Jez Williams

(1970) Songwriter

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Jez Williams is a songwriter.

Quick Facts About Jez Williams

Born: February 18, 1970
Profession: Songwriter

About Jez Williams

[Wikidata] English musician... | [Wikipedia] Jeremy Francis Williams is a British musician who is the guitarist/songwriter of Doves. He was born in Manchester, England, and is the twin brother of bandmate Andy and the son of noted modernist architect Desmond Williams. Before their incarnation as Doves, the three members were a dance-club music

Quotes by Jez Williams

I've heard that Oasis or Coldplay will sell tickets, but they can't sell records. They sold out Madison Square Garden in three…

Garden

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A lot of Manchester now - it's creating jobs and that's great, but some of the character is getting sucked out. There's…

Building

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I got really passionate about music with early Smiths and Joy Division. And New Order, Sonic Youth, Cramps...kind of right across the…

Confusing

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We know how to work certain toys, and if you've got something in your head you know how to get in on…

Abstract

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You come out of doing that kind of side of electronic music, you're gonna take that knowledge with you and not ignore…

Electronic music

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What we've noticed is that people latch onto our music, and are very, very supportive of it, even almost defensive about it.…

Music

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We wouldn't be so naive to say something like "feel any competition with Coldplay." All we can do is come out and…

Competition

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