James Bay Quotations

I'm very close in age to my older brother, and we had a field at the end of the road where we could run around, climb trees, play football.

It's bad to be labeled just another singer-songwriter.

Up until the last minute, it was art and drawing for me. That was the first real and natural thing I thought I was good at and loved to do. But I developed a similar kind of love for music.

To drive though the streets of Manhattan to sign a record deal was like a movie. It was crazy - pretty hard to put into words.

How I set myself apart is by creating the sort of real and honest music, which is who I'm also trying to be.

I like it when things crescendo to a huge moment like 'Hold Back the River.'

I like drawing people in the airport or on the bus or in venues. I like catching people in the moment. It's a similar inspiration for me in terms of songwriting.

I do some solo, acoustic stuff, but I also like plugging in my electric guitar and playing loud with a band.

I loved pop music as a little kid. Things like the Black Eyed Peas. If it had a catchy chorus, I was into it.

As a singer-songwriter, a solo artist with a guitar, I can only write so many weepie little bedroom songs.