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James Bay

I do some solo, acoustic stuff, but I also like plugging in my electric guitar and playing loud with a band.

— James Bay wit

Growing up, when I was at live shows, I was always hoping someone would come out on stage and say, 'The guitarist is sick and couldn't make it... does anybody know how to play all the songs?' That was always my little dream. It was a massively inspiring thing to be in a space with live shows.

— James Bay dream

As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.

— James Bay wit

As a singer-songwriter, a solo artist with a guitar, I can only write so many weepie little bedroom songs.

— James Bay art

Being exhausted is all part of the fun. I'm cool with it. I'm not going to wish that it would slow down.

— James Bay art

How I set myself apart is by creating the sort of real and honest music, which is who I'm also trying to be.

— James Bay art

I hope to have a long career, and I don't want to be defined by things that aren't the music.

— James Bay hope

I like it when things crescendo to a huge moment like 'Hold Back the River.'

— James Bay men

I love the intimate, single spotlight, troubadour-y quiet, delicate moments. But I also love Springsteen and screaming and shouting.

— James Bay love

I loved pop music as a little kid. Things like the Black Eyed Peas. If it had a catchy chorus, I was into it.

— James Bay love

I spent two years playing open mic nights in Brighton, and I heard more and more people saying, 'You should give it a go in London.'

— James Bay people

I used to dress up like Michael Jackson. I didn't have the glove, but I had a red jacket like in 'Thriller.'

— James Bay love

I'm going to take each day and each thing and each gig as it comes at me.

— James Bay day

I'm still like an excited kid playing guitar in front of the bedroom mirror.

— James Bay play

I'm very close in age to my older brother, and we had a field at the end of the road where we could run around, climb trees, play football.

— James Bay age

It's bad to be labeled just another singer-songwriter.

— James Bay sin

It's silly to call me the new Ed Sheeran. He can fill stadiums as a solo artist, but I'm not like that.

— James Bay art

My songwriting process is painful. Songwriting is brilliant. It's a load of fun - when it works. It's really difficult as well.

— James Bay writing

Some of my songs are about the feeling you belong somewhere else. But there's also something grounding about coming from a small town.

— James Bay you

The thing about 'Hold Back The River' that I like is that it's a good starting place, and it was the perfect first single.

— James Bay art

There should be an element of mystique between the fans and the artist. That bit between the stage and the audience. I think that's necessary.

— James Bay art

To drive though the streets of Manhattan to sign a record deal was like a movie. It was crazy - pretty hard to put into words.

— James Bay words

When I was 15, if anything, I thought I was going to be a Delta bluesman, which is so ridiculous.

— James Bay man

Both Springsteen and Michael Jackson, who had these huge productions, could always scale them back down to just a song and a melody. All of that influences me. I also try to be a fictional writer, and sometimes I get close, but the things that resonate the most with me - and with everyone else - is what's real.

— James Bay time

Growing up in Hitchin was comfortable and easy enough. My parents had some great records - and some not-so-great ones - and that's where I got introduced to Motown and the Stones and Springsteen.

— James Bay parents

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