The thing that was most constant when I was growing up was just complete support and adoration from my parents.

Jack Garratt

Categorized in : Just Parents Growing Up Support

Festivals are the best because you can't control anything, and for a control freak like me, that's a wonderful experience.

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With every milestone that I've come across, there's always been a little note at the bottom that's said, 'Don't worry, there's another milestone coming up.'

coming always said worry

I had a passion and a soul in me that was screaming to be heard, and I had to let them out in as honest and challenging a way as I could.

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My guitar setup is inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan.

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Performing outside is always kind of strange. Usually, you can't hear something, whether it's your voice or instrument, but it's a fun challenge.

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The most important thing for me is to have as much control over what's going on in front of me as I possibly can, so because of that, I don't play to a click track, and I don't have anything on the grid. Everything is triggered by me. Everything is played by me. Everything is within my control.

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I get inspired by the sounds that evoke an emotion from me. That's what I am drawn to; that's what turns me on.

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The best music is the music which brings out something of you that you didn't know was there before, or you did know was there but had avoided.

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I spent my entire childhood going 'look at me, look at me, look at me,' before realising I needed someone to look at me for more than just what I was showing off for.

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I got to a point when I was 20 that I dropped out of university because I felt I didn't have any purpose, and I wanted to find a fire in me.

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I would sing around the house, and I would always play on things just because instruments were always there, but I didn't show any genius as a child. I wasn't a prodigy or anything like that.

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My mum would play Stevie Wonder around the house, and I remember just loving the songs and feeling so blown away by how much was going on.

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I genre-hop quite a lot. I love manipulating genre and deconstructing it and making it irrelevant. Genreless music is great because it means you get to write in any genre that you like.

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I like making sounds and putting it together, I'm not just a singer or a producer.

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I've purposely made my music to be challenging and different. There's some electronics, R&B, blues, Motown, country, jazz and lots of soul.

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My mission is to just keep creating music. If it helps people in some way, then I'm doing the right thing.

doing music people way

I grew up with parents who really encouraged me to listen to as much music as I could.

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I've always found myself to be most free and creatively open when I'm on my own.

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I find myself working ten steps ahead of where I actually am on my laptop or keyboard, but I know what the ten steps are. I just haven't got to them yet.

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I didn't do myself any favours. I would be resentful of my own ideas even before I'd said them out loud. But music was always the most consistent and peaceful thing for me. So I taught myself to be my harshest critic rather than just a mean voice in the back of my head.

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