I just got a band together in mid-2012, and we played our first show in October of that year. Vance Joy More Quotes by Vance Joy More Quotes From Vance Joy My hope is to continue to make new music and go with the flow. I think I'll always be creative. I want to keep making good music, put myself into positions where I need to rise to the occasion of playing in front of an audience, and continually get better at what I'm doing. Vance Joy get-better creative thinking Lady, running down to the riptide. Taken away to the dark side. Vance Joy taken dark running A lot of the album is made of love songs I've written over the past three or four years that have lasted the test of time. It's probably the thing that connects the songs together other than the sound of my vocals. Vance Joy song past years You're just like, "I like doing this - it's something I have a lot of passion for." You happen to do it, you enjoy songwriting, and eventually if you're writing enough songs, then you fall into it. Vance Joy passion song fall I'd be dong something creative - something I could express my personality through. I enjoyed working as a gardener before music consumed more of my time. I would probably be still working as a gardener, perhaps, and I wouldn't mind doing odd jobs on the side that were creative, but I'm not sure what they'd be. Vance Joy creative personality jobs When you think of love do you think of pain? Vance Joy pain thinking Most songwriting like poetry takes a careful selection of words. Sometimes you're just channeling something and a selection of words come out that you wouldn't normally say, but you come up with an assortment of words that are really special. It just makes sense even if it's normally how you wouldn't express yourself. Vance Joy express-yourself special sometimes It wasn't professional, but it was a few levels below the top level. I loved playing football, but my passion was always music. It didn't become a possibility to me until I started playing songs I thought were good. I think it happened during my third song. The dream to become a musician appeared in my heart, and that happened about 2010. Vance Joy dream song football Sometimes when you're writing a song and that song comes into your head, it definitely comes from somewhere, like a real experience. Vance Joy you experience song sometimes I like to get suggestions on what to read. I'll look at Twitter, people I like, people I admire... I'll go and research the book, download it on my phone and read it while I'm on the road. Vance Joy look research book people I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs. Vance Joy love-songs just great love I really honestly can't see myself as a lawyer. It's pretty much safe to say I'll never become one. Vance Joy never see myself lawyer I'm a folk singer-songwriter. I am pretty poppy though. Vance Joy folk though i-am pretty Ralph Fiennes and Edward Norton are among my favorite actors. Vance Joy norton edward among favorite The fact I even get an opportunity to make one album is crazy. But if all goes to plan, I'll get to make five albums. That'd be nice. Vance Joy plan crazy nice opportunity It's a weird thing to say you want people to be sick of your song, but I guess that's what happens if your song goes really well. Vance Joy you sick song people I wasn't completely comfortable in the footy culture because I wasn't that comfortable in my own skin, which I am now. I'd fit in better now, but I don't miss the training and the injuries you get playing footy. Vance Joy i-am you training culture I feel like I'd have a different approach to football now after doing music. Vance Joy doing feel music football When I go to a gig and I hear a song that I really like, a song that hits home to me or hits an emotional nerve, if I could ever recreate that for someone, that would be the ultimate goal. Vance Joy someone me home song
