Johnny Flynn

I like the idea of letting the music do its own work and the stories being more expressionful - if that's a…

— Johnny Flynn

I feel really lucky that I somehow have blagged my way into loads of different experiences. I find making a film fascinating,…

— Johnny Flynn

I did a lot of theater as a young actor in my early twenties, and my first few records really came from…

— Johnny Flynn

I have a classical music background. I studied violin and trumpet.

— Johnny Flynn

In my mind, there's usually a fairly definitive kind of narrative when I write. But I don't want to enforce that on…

— Johnny Flynn

Bob Dylan has and Einstein had their own way of perceiving the universe and translating it for us.

— Johnny Flynn

Our job as actors is to invent the things that bridge ourselves with the characters, so you have to build something if…

— Johnny Flynn

My dad was working class.

— Johnny Flynn

I take them both seriously - I don't particularly want to be an 'actor-musician.' I want to play the great challenging parts,…

— Johnny Flynn

I played trumpet for Noah and the Whale a couple of times.

— Johnny Flynn

I try and stay in my right brain as much as I can, but my left takes over.

— Johnny Flynn

The truth is there's always a hum of people playing folk music in cities.

— Johnny Flynn

As a jobbing actor or musician, you have to take any work you can get.

— Johnny Flynn

The reason I stopped music for a while and concentrated on theatre was that it was more conducive to parenting; having the…

— Johnny Flynn

Diane Cluck is part of the anti-folk movement in New York. She's got a really haunting voice, and she usually sings in…

— Johnny Flynn

The pop industry is so well-practised at channelling young people's creative energy that I think it gets abused.

— Johnny Flynn

I can't remember a 'best gig,' and my brain doesn't work in absolute terms like that.

— Johnny Flynn

Certain films should only be watched at 40,000 feet. Like, certain comedies and certain, uh, emotionally charged movies.

— Johnny Flynn

I really love a lot of early Sixties R&B, rock n' roll, and I love performing songs that have that power and…

— Johnny Flynn

I think the truest things come from silence, but everything's always so clogged up with noise. If everything falls away, and you…

— Johnny Flynn

I just said, casually, 'You know, I passed up on auditioning for Einstein.' And my friend was like, 'You idiot, you have…

— Johnny Flynn

If you're in a garage band, it's about being better than the band in the next-door garage. But in the folk tradition,…

— Johnny Flynn

I've been cast in a lot of comedies. I've done things like multi-cam sitcoms: you know, 'Seinfeld' type... not as good as…

— Johnny Flynn

It's interesting to marry American musical traditions with the subtlety of English-style storytelling and folk singer-songwriters like Martin Carthy and Bert Jansch…

— Johnny Flynn

I'm a big Bob Dylan fan. I'm also a blues geek.

— Johnny Flynn