The Cure wrote ‘Boys Don’t Cry,’ and it’s the same today: as a boy, you’re not meant to show your emotions, but if you don’t have a job or any prospects, you’re going to be depressed, and it will be much worse if you can’t express that. I hate the term because it’s become a buzzword, but it’s toxic masculinity. Sam Fender Read Quote
My brother was a drummer, and he was always, like, smashing the kit around when I was a kid, and my dad was, like, one of them old musicians, and he played in, like, loads of different bands in the ’70s and ’80s. Him and my brother were kind of like my main inspirations. Sam Fender Read Quote
I recorded ‘Play God’ in a shed. I don’t know how we got it to sound as good as it did. Sam Fender Read Quote
When you have these moments where a song connects with people and creates a conversation, it’s quite a humbling experience because it’s like, ‘Maybe there is a little bit more weight to this job than I thought there ever was before.’ Which was wonderful that that happened with ‘Dead Boys.’ Sam Fender Read Quote
A lot of my songs are just posing questions, because I’m on a journey to find the answers myself. Sam Fender Read Quote
I’m so grateful to everyone back home for believing, and to my band and team for all their hard work. Sam Fender Read Quote
I got scouted to be the dude in the video for ‘Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored.’ Sam Fender Read Quote
I write all my own songs, so if it goes wrong, I don’t co-write anything. It’s all going to fall on me. Sam Fender Read Quote
I’ve got a band that I tour with, and they’re not session musicians; they’re my friends. Sam Fender Read Quote
