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. James Bay Read Quote
When I’m writing, I need to amplify my thoughts and feelings on just a conversation that I might have had with somebody – somebody close to me. It’s often the case that the people closest to me are the people on my mind the most. James Bay Read Quote
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. James Bay Read Quote
It’s silly to call me the new Ed Sheeran. He can fill stadiums as a solo artist, but I’m not like that. James Bay Read Quote
The Internet is the Wild West of the world, where anybody can throw anything down. Everything can be as relevant as the next thing; it doesn’t matter who posts it. In that environment, the Critics’ Choice is still very important. James Bay Read Quote
When I was 16, I spent a year pushing trollies around a car park, and that wasn’t fun. I didn’t love working in a supermarket; it wasn’t for me. It is for some people, and that’s totally cool. James Bay Read Quote
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. James Bay Read Quote
When I was 15, if anything, I thought I was going to be a Delta bluesman, which is so ridiculous. James Bay Read Quote
