Top 35 Quotes by James Bay

My songwriting process is painful. Songwriting is brilliant. It's a load of fun - when it works. It's really difficult as well.

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.

I like drawing people in the airport or on the bus or in venues. I like catching people in the moment. It's a similar inspiration for me in terms of songwriting.

I'm going to take each day and each thing and each gig as it comes at me.

It's bad to be labeled just another singer-songwriter.

I spent two years playing open mic nights in Brighton, and I heard more and more people saying, 'You should give it a go in London.'

Up until the last minute, it was art and drawing for me. That was the first real and natural thing I thought I was good at and loved to do. But I developed a similar kind of love for music.

As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.

Being exhausted is all part of the fun. I'm cool with it. I'm not going to wish that it would slow down.

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.