James Vincent McMorrow famous quotes

03-16-2025

Sometimes my hands they donâ€™t feel like my own; I need someone to love, I need someone to hold.
-- James Vincent McMorrow

#Hands #Needs #Sometimes
With music, it feels natural that, in my head, I can pull things apart and then put them back together very quickly.
-- James Vincent McMorrow

#Together #Back Together #Natural
I never was the front man in any bands I played in when I was in college, and I always learned music by myself at home.
-- James Vincent McMorrow

#Home #College #Men
I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person.
-- James Vincent McMorrow

#Writing #Kind #Notepads
I'm learning on the guitar all the time.
-- James Vincent McMorrow

#Guitar
I've traveled quite a lot and become a coffee nut.
-- James Vincent McMorrow

#Coffee #Nuts
I'm mostly a keep-to-myself kind of guy, but you slowly find yourself getting folded into the musical tapestry.
-- James Vincent McMorrow

#Guy #Musical #Finding Yourself
The idea of trying to predict what people will or won't respond to is risky.
-- James Vincent McMorrow

#Ideas #People #Trying
It's like half the campaign of selling a record is trying to convince people that you're an artist. Well, I am an artist. This is what I do.
-- James Vincent McMorrow

#Artist #People #Trying
My favorite records are not easy - they're not records that reveal everything to you the first time out.
-- James Vincent McMorrow

#Records #Firsts #My Favorite
I'm very ambitious, musically - I want to create great things, not mediocre work.
-- James Vincent McMorrow

#Ambitious #Want #Mediocre
I moved to London with this really warped sense of expectation.
-- James Vincent McMorrow

#Expectations #London #Moved
You get one chance to make an impression, and coasting through is a disservice.
-- James Vincent McMorrow

#Chance #Impression #One Chance
Food in Dublin has gotten immeasurably better than it was. When I was a kid, there weren't a lot of options. Now you're overwhelmed with options.
-- James Vincent McMorrow

#Kids #Dublin #Overwhelmed
I didn't start playing music really until I was 18/19, so it was a relatively new thing. I didn't play much music in school.
-- James Vincent McMorrow

#School #Play #Playing Music
I didn't really learn how to play guitar until I was in college.
-- James Vincent McMorrow

#College #Guitar #Play
I don't know if I'm attention deficit, but I certainly am easily distracted by other things.
-- James Vincent McMorrow

#Attention #Deficit #Distracted
I don't function well in certain aspects of society, and you can read into that what you will.
-- James Vincent McMorrow

#Function #Aspect #Certain
I grew up in a place called Malahide, which is by the water and is beautifully quiet, leafy, and part serene.
-- James Vincent McMorrow

#Water #Quiet #Grew Up
I have some vivid memories of walking around as a child with a cassette tape.
-- James Vincent McMorrow

#Children #Memories #Tape
I like what I like, I don't like what I don't like, and I'm very bad at toning myself down.
-- James Vincent McMorrow
You play a couple of shows, and these label guys come - and they leave halfway through a show. Then the phone calls just stop. And your heart is broken.
-- James Vincent McMorrow

#Couple #Heart #Phones

You may also like:

Ben Howard
Singer-songwriter
Birdy
Singer
Chris Isaak
Musician
Damien Rice
Singer-songwriter
Dan Mangan
Musician
Feist
Singer-songwriter
Gregory Alan Isakov
Songwriter
Hozier
Musician
Iron & Wine
Singer-songwriter
Jessie Ware
Singer-songwriter
Jose Gonzalez
Singer-songwriter
Justin Vernon
Multi-instrumentalist
Ray LaMontagne
Singer-songwriter
St. Vincent
Singer-songwriter
Steve Winwood
Musician
Sufjan Stevens
Singer-songwriter
Tom Odell
Singer-songwriter
Gabrielle Aplin
Singer-songwriter
James Bay
Matt Corby
Singer-songwriter