James Hunter famous quotes

Leadership is character in action.
-- James Hunter

#Character #Action

I am quite a slow writer. I can only work under pressure; I wait until the last minute.
-- James Hunter

#Waiting #Lasts #Pressure

For me, hearing the term 'apply yourself' was like a crucifix to Bella Lugosi's Dracula. 'Ahhh, it burns!'
-- James Hunter

#Hearing #Term

My absolute favorite song I've ever written is "This Is Where We Came In." It's a nudge at younger listeners, cause at one time you could go into a cinema halfway through a film and then stay through and pick up where you left off.
-- James Hunter

#Song #Cinema #Nudge

If I have any claim to originality, I do it by investing my own personality into it, so it's coming from a slightly more sardonic, English point of view.
-- James Hunter

#Views #Personality #Investing

I'm conscious enough that how I'm singing is not my own accent.
-- James Hunter

#Singing #Enough #Conscious

If I sang the way I talk it would sound like "Tommy Steele sings Muddy Waters!"
-- James Hunter

#Water #Sound #Way

Because I'm English, I try not to make any purely American references, because I want to limit how much I'm pretending to be American.
-- James Hunter

#Trying #Want #Limits

I get influenced by stuff that isn't even music.
-- James Hunter

#Stuff

It's when you are trying to make something that is "authentic" as opposed to real - people who appreciate music for the wrong reasons tend to compartmentalize stuff.
-- James Hunter

#Real #People #Appreciate

If you are approaching the music with more reverence than the original guys invested into it, you are effectively doing it a disservice.
-- James Hunter

#Guy #Reverence #Originals