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I did a lot of theater as a young actor in my early twenties, and my first few records really came from writing songs through the rehearsal processes. Johnny Flynn
Writing First Few Young Records Through Songs Came Lot Did Young Actor Processes Theater Really Rehearsal Twenties Actor Early
If you're trying to do something wholly new, it's hard to fully trust it. But if you use forms that have come before, it lends your music weight and authority. It's also a way to acknowledge that it's not just you who's feeling these things. The emotions are coming through you from a whole history. Johnny Flynn
Music History You Trust Emotions Feeling Before Way Something Through Weight New Come Also Coming Trying Authority Just Acknowledge Forms Lends Use Your Hard Fully Whole Wholly Things
If you're in a garage band, it's about being better than the band in the next-door garage. But in the folk tradition, it's more a vibe of sharing. Johnny Flynn
You Better Band Folk About More Sharing Tradition Than Vibe Being Garage
I had to learn how to work in a studio at first because it's a totally different creative environment to the 'bedroom recordings' I'd done before, where I could translate my own ideas without having to explain them to anyone. Johnny Flynn
Work Creative First Before Own Totally My Own Having Recordings Could Had Studio Environment Ideas Learn Because Without How Bedroom Done Where Different Anyone Explain Them Translate Creative Environment
The thing I find really special in performance is that there is this slightly mystical thing that takes over when you're responding to a crowd and engaging in people's imaginations collectively in a room. I've always thought that one of the most incredible things about being alive is going to see some kind of performance like that. Johnny Flynn
You People Thought Incredible Slightly Alive Responding Kind Collectively Find See Some About Crowd Mystical Takes Performance Over Like Most Always Going Being Room Really Engaging Special Thing Things Imaginations
As a jobbing actor or musician, you have to take any work you can get. Johnny Flynn
Work You Musician Take Get Any Actor
I feel really lucky that I somehow have blagged my way into loads of different experiences. I find making a film fascinating, I find making a play amazing, and working with my band and scoring things... it's all really cool. I'm just a glutton for experience, really. Johnny Flynn
Experience Amazing Band Way Find Somehow Feel Making Scoring Just Different Experiences Really Working Cool Fascinating Lucky Film Play Things Loads
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
Life Good Great Other Draw Able Write Songs Stuff Well Truthfully Exploring
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
Great Amazing Challenge Before Live Live Audience Brotherhood Take Never Part Like Audience Up Sitcom Done Anything
I think the truest things come from silence, but everything's always so clogged up with noise. If everything falls away, and you can truly listen to someone, giving them yourself and generosity, you can truly lose yourself in what they're saying. Like, not impose your ideas on what they're saying, but really tune into them. Johnny Flynn
Saying Silence You Noise Yourself Giving Lose Think Everything Someone Generosity Come Like Ideas Always Impose Truest Falls Truly Up Listen Tune Them Really Your Away Things
I always love going to New York. Johnny Flynn
Love New Always York Going New York
I had a series of jobs in the small fishing village in West Wales where my family lived when I was a teenager. I worked as a fisherman in the day, and then the skipper and his wife ran a small restaurant - she'd cook the fish he caught. Johnny Flynn
Day Family Wife Teenager Ran Jobs Restaurant Small Had He She Caught Fish Fisherman His West Fishing Wales Where Then Worked Cook Series Village Lived
My thing about demos is that you usually prefer them to the finished thing. Johnny Flynn
You Finished About Demos Prefer Them Thing
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
Music Me Changes Way Some Only Write True Making Discovery Where Process Incentive Moment
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
God Think Back Everyone Looks Done Oh Just Oh God Thinks
My dad was an actor, and he made it all seem quite magical. It felt like a slightly subversive thing, telling stories, when all of my other friends' parents were builders or bank clerks. It's always seemed quite magical to me. Johnny Flynn
Me Made Parents Other Slightly Telling Magical Seem Seemed He Like Builders Felt Always Were Friends Quite Bank Stories Subversive Dad Actor Thing
Weirdly, my dad didn't want me to become an actor, he was always quite resistant to it. He told me as much many times. That just made it more attractive to me. Johnny Flynn
Me Made Become More He Weirdly Attractive Always Times Quite Just Want Much Many Dad Actor Resistant
I guess I started writing poetry and stuff and then decided to set it to music. Johnny Flynn
Music Writing Guess Poetry Stuff Decided Then Started Set
In my mind, there's usually a fairly definitive kind of narrative when I write. But I don't want to enforce that on other people. I think that's why I like using metaphor so much. Johnny Flynn
People Mind Think Other Definitive Kind Write Like Fairly Narrative Metaphor Want Enforce Much Using Why
The cartoons which I enjoy have caused some kind of out rage, but they have got people talking about these issues out in the open and in essence that's what its all about. Jonathan Shapiro
People Rage Enjoy Out Kind Cartoons Some About Open Talking Got Caused Issues Essence Which
There was a teacher who recognized that I was interested in cartooning and he was great. Jonathan Shapiro
Teacher Great Recognized Cartooning He Interested Who
You can't undo a deportation. Jonathan Shapiro
You Undo Deportation
Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh. Jonathan Shapiro
Laugh Out Someone Rather Primarily Commentator Than Get Social Belly
What's much harder is taking on people in your own community. Jonathan Shapiro
People Own Community Taking Much Your Harder
On one occasion in 1987 the security police came looking for me because of a drawing that I'd published. Jonathan Shapiro
Me Police Looking Drawing Security Occasion Because Came Published
Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit. Jonathan Shapiro
Me First President Once Bit Out He Still Blue Mandela While Played
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