Sometimes I don't want to be in the confines of what a band seems to provide. Alex Turner More Quotes by Alex Turner More Quotes From Alex Turner I saw that something changed in terms of the way I approach writing. I don't know. Before, everything was just sort of pieced together; and more and more nowadays I'll have complete songs - chords, lyrics, a melody - and we'll apply to those songs what we feel is required. That has happened much more on Humbug album than on any of the others. Alex Turner together writing song I took the batteries out my mysticism / And put them in my thinking cap Alex Turner batteries caps thinking I am a romantic fool, no doubt about that. Alex Turner i-am fool doubt romantic I'm in a difficult position in the sense that, preposterous as this might sound, I don't like being the centre of attention. I get up on stage every night and play songs, but I almost feel the songs are the centre of attention. I don't like opening my birthday presents in front of people, either. Alex Turner feel birthday night people Rock n' roll seems like it's faded away sometimes, but it will never die. Alex Turner die will never sometimes There's something about a Gucci loafer kicking on a fuzz pedal. Alex Turner about something gucci kicking I know my lyrics might be weird to some, but they're not like that to me because I know where they come from - I know the secret. Alex Turner weird know me secret Someone asked me what the key to being a good frontman was, and I think having a sense of humor about it is pretty near the top of that list. It's a very strange place to be in, and I don't take that role too seriously. Alex Turner good think me humor The idea that talent is directly proportional to your trophy cabinet is one I oppose. Alex Turner cabinet trophy your talent I can be a woodsman if need be. I grew up very close to some forest, and I spent a lot of my formative years up and down trees, fooling around in the woods. I'm no stranger to that sort of landscape. Alex Turner forest down woods i-can Guitar music or rock n' roll or whatever you want to call it sort of goes away with trends, but it'll never go away completely. It can't die because it's so fundamentally attractive. Alex Turner die you guitar music I usually sit around with the guitar in reach and grab it when I get an idea. Sometimes it lasts five minutes, and sometimes it lasts all day. Alex Turner reach day guitar sometimes I get nervous about gigs sometimes, but not with records - I always get excited. Alex Turner always nervous excited sometimes I'm not even sure where home is. Probably Terminal 5. There is a strange sense of calm about arriving back at Heathrow. Alex Turner back calm strange home Songwriters always reminded me of that kid at school who would go around with his guitar, like, 'Yeah, songwritin' man,' looking wistful. That wasn't me - those kinds of people put me off. In the early days, I'd write a bunch of lyrics and almost look at them as a sort of joke, to make the rest of the boys laugh. Alex Turner me man guitar people I'm not really one for collaborations, to be quite honest. Alex Turner collaborations really quite honest If anyone asks me about songwriting, I guess I'd say that you just gotta do it. Alex Turner say just me you I think New York is a good place to write in general because it's a grid. It's organized. You know where you are on the map. That centers you, and your imagination is perhaps freer to roam. Alex Turner good think you imagination There's something to be said for writing in the morning. At other points in the day, you're a bit more defensive. Alex Turner day you writing morning Television? It's a gateway to writer's block, isn't it? Alex Turner gateway writer block television
