Top 35 Quotes by James Bay

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.

When I was 15, if anything, I thought I was going to be a Delta bluesman, which is so ridiculous.

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

I loved pop music as a little kid. Things like the Black Eyed Peas. If it had a catchy chorus, I was into it.

I do some solo, acoustic stuff, but I also like plugging in my electric guitar and playing loud with a band.

Some of my songs are about the feeling you belong somewhere else. But there's also something grounding about coming from a small town.

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

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

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.

I love the intimate, single spotlight, troubadour-y quiet, delicate moments. But I also love Springsteen and screaming and shouting.