You play a couple of shows, and these label guys come – and they leave halfway through a show. Then the phone calls just stop. And your heart is broken. James Vincent McMorrow Read Quote
It bothers me when musicians listen to music from the ’60s and try and recreate it. Those people weren’t trying to recreate music from the ’20s. Why do it? James Vincent McMorrow Read Quote
All the really good guitar players – Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, or even Bert Jansch or John Martin – I love all those people. But I didn’t start out thinking that I would be a guitar player. In the beginning, I played the guitar so I could sing. I mainly concentrated on my voice. James Vincent McMorrow Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I don’t know about folk music. I play guitar, so there’s a feeling I make folk music. James Vincent McMorrow Read Quote
I didn’t start playing music really until I was 18/19, so it was a relatively new thing. I didn’t play much music in school. James Vincent McMorrow Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The only thing that’s ever made sense to me has been sitting in the house by myself making music. James Vincent McMorrow Read Quote
