I actually do bits of my writing in sort of incidental spaces – when I’m traveling on the Tube or on a bus. More often than not, it’s a reaction to how you feel about something, and if you’re sitting down and concentrating on, ‘I must write something,’ then you can’t have a truthful reaction. Johnny Flynn Read Quote
It’s great to be able to write songs and draw on life, to write truthfully, and to be able to do that, it’s good to be exploring other stuff as well. Johnny Flynn Read Quote
I’m often the one in my gang of friends who’s worried about how we’re going to get from A to B. I’m the one running around saying, ‘Is somebody going to do something about it?’ Everyone else is bit more chilled. Johnny Flynn Read Quote
I’ve never done anything like ‘Brotherhood’ before. It was a great challenge to take up a part in a live audience sitcom – it was amazing. Johnny Flynn Read Quote
I can’t remember a ‘best gig,’ and my brain doesn’t work in absolute terms like that. Johnny Flynn Read Quote
My only incentive is to write music that changes me, where the process of making it is a discovery and is true in some way, at that moment. Johnny Flynn Read Quote
I think everyone in their 30s looks back at their 20s and thinks, ‘Oh God, if I’d just done this and this, and not done that.’ Johnny Flynn Read Quote
When I was young, I was being pushed, against my will, towards becoming a classical musician. I had music scholarships; I had to play the violin and do orchestra practice and that sort of stuff. That meant I didn’t get to do any school plays. I desperately wanted to do that. Johnny Flynn Read Quote
