James Hunter quotes
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“I am quite a slow writer. I can only work under pressure; I wait until the last minute.”
-- James HunterSource : Source: www.motherjones.com
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“For me, hearing the term 'apply yourself' was like a crucifix to Bella Lugosi's Dracula. 'Ahhh, it burns!'”
-- James HunterSource : Source: www.motherjones.com
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“My absolute favorite song I've ever written is "This Is Where We Came In." It's a nudge at younger listeners, cause at one time you could go into a cinema halfway through a film and then stay through and pick up where you left off.”
-- James HunterSource : Source: www.motherjones.com
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“If I have any claim to originality, I do it by investing my own personality into it, so it's coming from a slightly more sardonic, English point of view.”
-- James HunterSource : Source: www.motherjones.com
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“I'm conscious enough that how I'm singing is not my own accent.”
-- James HunterSource : Source: www.motherjones.com
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“If I sang the way I talk it would sound like "Tommy Steele sings Muddy Waters!"”
-- James HunterSource : Source: www.motherjones.com
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“Because I'm English, I try not to make any purely American references, because I want to limit how much I'm pretending to be American.”
-- James HunterSource : Source: www.motherjones.com
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“I get influenced by stuff that isn't even music.”
-- James HunterSource : Source: www.motherjones.com
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“It's when you are trying to make something that is "authentic" as opposed to real - people who appreciate music for the wrong reasons tend to compartmentalize stuff.”
-- James HunterSource : "Goodbye Sam Cooke, Hello James Hunter". Interview with Jacob Blickenstaff, www.motherjones.com. February 10, 2016.
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“If you are approaching the music with more reverence than the original guys invested into it, you are effectively doing it a disservice.”
-- James HunterSource : Source: www.motherjones.com
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