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James Bay
British
Musician
Born:
Sep 4
,
1990
Also
Guitar
Me
Music
People
You
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Growing up, when I was at live shows, I was always hoping someone would come out on stage and say, 'The guitarist is sick and couldn't make it... does anybody know how to play all the songs?' That was always my little dream. It was a massively inspiring thing to be in a space with live shows.
James Bay
Space
Guitarist
Stage
Live
Sick
Say
Out
Dream
Would
Dream It
Hoping
Someone
Inspiring
Songs
Come
Know
Massively
Make
Does
Always
How
Up
Anybody
Little
Shows
Live Shows
Growing
Growing Up
Play
Thing
I write about personal experiences. I write about things that have happened to me and the people around me, so you just sort of keep this antenna up and on the lookout for things to say.
James Bay
Me
You
People
Say
About
Write
Lookout
Sort
Around
Antenna
Up
Personal
Personal Experiences
Just
Experiences
Happened
Keep
Things
Growing up in Hitchin was comfortable and easy enough. My parents had some great records - and some not-so-great ones - and that's where I got introduced to Motown and the Stones and Springsteen.
James Bay
Great
Parents
Enough
Introduced
Easy
Some
Great Ones
Records
Had
Comfortable
Got
Springsteen
Motown
Up
Stones
Where
Growing
Growing Up
Being exhausted is all part of the fun. I'm cool with it. I'm not going to wish that it would slow down.
James Bay
Slow
Wish
Exhausted
Down
Would
Part
Going
Being
Cool
Fun
I bought a guitar CD-ROM because we had a new computer, but I had no attention span for that. I spent about three hours on it desperate to be brilliant. Eventually, I got some proper lessons.
James Bay
Attention Span
Guitar
Brilliant
Desperate
Three
Spent
Some
About
Proper
Computer
Had
Bought
Attention
New
Hours
Because
Got
Span
Lessons
Eventually
How I set myself apart is by creating the sort of real and honest music, which is who I'm also trying to be.
James Bay
Music
Myself
Also
Sort
How
Real
Trying
Which
Apart
Creating
Who
Honest
Set
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
Me
Thoughts
Conversation
People
Writing
Mind
Somebody
Feelings
Case
Had
Most
Close
Closest
Often
Just
Might
Amplify
Need
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
Age
Field
Older
Trees
Run
Brother
Could
Had
Football
Road
Around
Climb
End
Very
Close
Where
Older Brother
Play
Play Football
There should be an element of mystique between the fans and the artist. That bit between the stage and the audience. I think that's necessary.
James Bay
Fans
Stage
Think
Bit
Mystique
Between
Audience
Artist
Should
Element
Necessary
I used to dress up like Michael Jackson. I didn't have the glove, but I had a red jacket like in 'Thriller.'
James Bay
Dress
Dress-Up
Thriller
Had
Red
Like
Glove
Up
Michael
Michael Jackson
Jacket
Jackson
Used
My songwriting process is painful. Songwriting is brilliant. It's a load of fun - when it works. It's really difficult as well.
James Bay
Brilliant
Difficult
Songwriting
Well
Process
Really
Painful
Fun
Works
Load
My songwriting process, and maybe loads of other people's, is just this sort of smashing together of emotions and stuff to make some music. It's kind of simple and really complex at the same time and, as you can see, incredibly hard to explain.
James Bay
Music
Time
You
Together
People
Emotions
Simple
Other
Incredibly
Complex
Kind
See
Some
Songwriting
Stuff
Smashing
Make
Sort
Same
Maybe
Just
Same Time
Process
Explain
Really
Hard
Loads
I like it when things crescendo to a huge moment like 'Hold Back the River.'
James Bay
Back
River
Like
Huge
Hold
Moment
Things
The thing about 'Hold Back The River' that I like is that it's a good starting place, and it was the perfect first single.
James Bay
Good
First
Single
Back
About
Perfect
River
Like
Hold
Place
Thing
Starting
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