I'd get a train to some town and wander about to find a decent spot. Sometimes I'd play for three hours; sometimes I'd get moved on after three songs. Passenger More Quotes by Passenger More Quotes From Passenger Some people expect me to have changed overnight because of one big song. Passenger some-people me song people For me, it's always just about playing the song and recording it and giving it what it needs as a song. Passenger me always song giving I think you're in trouble if you start chasing what you've done in the past. You always need to move on and look forward and do something new. Passenger look think you past I've got friends and my family and people who've been around for years and years and years. And those people are never in doubt: They'd be my friend whether I was a homeless dude, or I had a hit single. Passenger friend friends family people You see a lot of bands and a lot of artists making that mistake: They become successful for doing something, and then they change everything. They change the people; they change the approach. And then, all of a sudden, almost the essence of what you do is gone. Passenger you change mistake people I started busking when I was 24. I was living with Mom and Dad. I'd broken up with my girlfriend and didn't know what I was doing with my life, and I thought, 'Well, this is the last shot - I'm going busking, and let's see what happens.' Passenger my-life dad broken life I'm so lucky to not have to busk anymore, but I realized as soon as I didn't need to do it that I really missed it. Passenger soon missed need lucky Its pretty humbling, because I go back to the places where I used to play for 13 people, and now there's 1,500. Passenger back go play people Maybe when I was a kid, when you have those crazy dreams about what music is going to be like - a string of No. 1 hits, a limo, and a fairground in your back garden - and then you start as a musician, and you realize very, very quickly, that's not how things work. So I just let go of all that stuff. Passenger dreams you music work My dad's from New Jersey, so I used to go to America a lot. I feel like it is a second home. Passenger new feel dad home I write wherever I am. It helps that the writing process, for me, is a lone-wolf mission. Passenger mission i-am me writing I know Ed Sheeran writes with a bunch of fantastic writers, but for me, it's quite difficult to be that honest with other people. Passenger know me difficult people I think you've got to be careful with social media. You can get addicted to the buzz of people liking and commenting. It's exhausting. Passenger think you social-media people
