Zitat des Tages von Gin Wigmore:
You break up, and you say something pathetic, or you don't even speak at all when someone's telling you they don't love you anymore. But then you think about it five minutes later, and you have all these great comebacks!
That's the great thing about songwriting: You have that time to have perspective and look back and think about all the things you'd want to say.
I love playing shows. That's the time I have to really share what I am about.
The beauty of being a musician is writing songs. That's the best part. It's therapeutic and honest and private.
People might think I'm a bit more intimidating than I am.
I want to let everyone hear my music and enjoy it, but just as long as it's fun. I'll go as far as until it gets too much like a day job.
I'm getting all domesticated. I feel like Susie the homemaker.
When you're young, you need to be silly and be stupid and not be trying to do that when you're 40 in a red sports car.
I'm very open with people, very warm, when I meet them. My fans in particular find that strange and refreshing.
I'd say the key thing is to remain true to what originally got you into music. When I wrote 'Hallelujah,' it ignited me to do music because of the love and joy that I got from writing that song. Down the road, you get all of these opinions from people; just remember what got you started in the first place.
I remember when I wrote songs when I was about 16, they all sounded the same because I didn't know anything. And all the subject matter was all the same because I hadn't actually done much.
I've lived a lot since I was 16, so I've got more things to write about. I've started playing around the world and met some great people along the way who've taught me lots of things.
My dad dying was actually a reason for me to stop music properly for about a year, because he was a big supporter. All I wanted to do was write a song about him and, you know, when something's too fresh, you can't quite word it.
I think I was probably a cowboy in a past life.
I'm a big believer that when we put so much into our jobs - and everyone does - you deserve to be get paid for it instead of doing a gig and then having to work in a bar for eight hours.
I love the energy in the U.S., you know. Everyone is really psyched. You feel really privileged to be there.
I'm not aiming to be someone like Christina Aguilera.
You just feel better when you look nice.
I want a long career in music, so you've gotta keep trying things out; it's gotta get progressively better.
When I went to Memphis and Mississippi and Nashville, I learnt the blues is a whole way of life. I don't really have the blues, but I can appreciate the honesty and the simplicity of it.
