James Vincent McMorrow quotes
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“Sometimes my hands they don’t feel like my own; I need someone to love, I need someone to hold.”
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“With music, it feels natural that, in my head, I can pull things apart and then put them back together very quickly.”
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“I never was the front man in any bands I played in when I was in college, and I always learned music by myself at home.”
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“I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person.”
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“I'm learning on the guitar all the time.”
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“I've traveled quite a lot and become a coffee nut.”
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“I'm mostly a keep-to-myself kind of guy, but you slowly find yourself getting folded into the musical tapestry.”
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“The idea of trying to predict what people will or won't respond to is risky.”
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“It's like half the campaign of selling a record is trying to convince people that you're an artist. Well, I am an artist. This is what I do.”
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“My favorite records are not easy - they're not records that reveal everything to you the first time out.”
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“I'm very ambitious, musically - I want to create great things, not mediocre work.”
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“I moved to London with this really warped sense of expectation.”
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“You get one chance to make an impression, and coasting through is a disservice.”
-- James Vincent McMorrowSource : "James Vincent McMorrow: 'I like my own musical company'". Interview with Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. January 4, 2014.
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“Food in Dublin has gotten immeasurably better than it was. When I was a kid, there weren't a lot of options. Now you're overwhelmed with options.”
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“I didn't start playing music really until I was 18/19, so it was a relatively new thing. I didn't play much music in school.”
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“I didn't really learn how to play guitar until I was in college.”
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“I don't know if I'm attention deficit, but I certainly am easily distracted by other things.”
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“I don't function well in certain aspects of society, and you can read into that what you will.”
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“I grew up in a place called Malahide, which is by the water and is beautifully quiet, leafy, and part serene.”
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“I have some vivid memories of walking around as a child with a cassette tape.”
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“I like what I like, I don't like what I don't like, and I'm very bad at toning myself down.”
-- James Vincent McMorrowSource : "James Vincent McMorrow: 'I like my own musical company'". Interview with Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. January 4, 2014.
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“You play a couple of shows, and these label guys come - and they leave halfway through a show. Then the phone calls just stop. And your heart is broken.”
-- James Vincent McMorrow
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