You just wake up and make music. James Vincent McMorrow More Quotes by James Vincent McMorrow More Quotes From James Vincent McMorrow I feel if I wanted to be taken seriously I have to study music the same way someone who wants to be a doctor would study medicine. You have to know your craft and by doing so I had to make sure to ignore what people were thinking as well. James Vincent McMorrow doctorstakenthinking Its always important to fall back on your instincts and core beliefs and that was pretty hard for me to do but trusting in my self the way I trusted that if I were to sit at a piano for two hours and I was going learn something, that trust I'd put in myself really helped me get through it. For five to six months I just wrote songs and believed they would turn out to be things I could be proud of and be happy. James Vincent McMorrow selfsongfall I feel the reasons my songs might seem dark is because of how I viewed the situations I was in and it was just something I always felt like documenting. James Vincent McMorrow darksongmight Music is really everything I know. To be honest every experience I've ever had has been brought up from music and everything I do is because of music. I don't know anything else, I think about music before I go to sleep and it just really is everything that I am. James Vincent McMorrow honestsleepthinking At the end of the day music is a grind. You're constantly working at it and even with playing shows as well. If your schedule isn't planned right it could really throw things off, but honestly at the end of the day its incredible being able to go to so many places. James Vincent McMorrow schedulesthe-end-of-the-dayable I think sitting in the car with your parents and listening to music is an essential to growing up. James Vincent McMorrow growing-upcarthinking My first record was made in Termonfeckin, which is a small town on the north-east coast of Ireland. I had been in London, but it didn't click. So, at home, I didn't think about making something, just whether something could be made. There was no grand plan. James Vincent McMorrow plansmallthinkhome I remember always looking forward to listening to country music in the car with my mother, and it wasn't even something I enjoyed in the sense of music, but just being around music itself was enough. James Vincent McMorrow lookingcarmusicmother I think it's safe to say that if you talk to anybody in Ireland, they'll have a passing knowledge of the guitar. It was something that I couldn't get away from when I was younger: guitars played in shops and parties, just everywhere. James Vincent McMorrow thinkyouguitarknowledge I have no interest in making music that's built for an antique shop. James Vincent McMorrow antiquemakinginterestmusic More often than not, changes had to be made in order for a song to make sense, and by the end of it, it would just be something different. Lyrically, I am usually fairly confused until something is finished, and then it makes perfect sense to me. James Vincent McMorrow i-amendmesong I heard of this Texas studio. The owner, Tony Rancich, wanted to fly us out for the day to see the studio. I booked it the next day. He's that rare guy that is in it purely for the love of it. James Vincent McMorrow flydayseelove I don't know about folk music. I play guitar, so there's a feeling I make folk music. James Vincent McMorrow feelingknowguitarmusic When I first saw Drake, I thought I was never going to like him based on the person that I saw on T.V. He's just so full on, and he's got the ladies' man thing, which isn't necessarily something that would resonate with me. James Vincent McMorrow neverthoughtmeman My mum was a big fan of E.L.O. and Elvis Costello. She used to play that, consistently, all the time when we were kids. And my dad, he would claim to be a singer... You know, he loves singing, and he used to sing a lot when he was a kid and at parties and stuff like that. So I come from a very party-musical family. James Vincent McMorrow yousingingfamilytime I just essentially stayed at home for three years and just learned to play as many instruments as I could and listened to as many singers as I could. Like, when I got to about 19/20, I started listening to singers. I normally just listened to bands. Now I listen to a lot of old singers, not a lot of new stuff. James Vincent McMorrow newlisteningplayhome The only thing that's ever made sense to me has been sitting in the house by myself making music. James Vincent McMorrow myselfmemusicsitting I like working by myself. James Vincent McMorrow workingmyselflike
