Quotes by James Vincent McMorrow

About James Vincent McMorrow:

James Vincent McMorrow is an Irish singer and songwriter. His parents come from Malahide, County Dublin. McMorrow's debut album Early in the Morning was released in Ireland in February 2010, and in the United States and Europe in 2011, to widespread acclaim. He made his UK television debut on BBC Two's Later... with Jools Holland on 27 May 2011. He played with Lisa Hannigan on 8 December 2011 at Dublin's Button Factory for the Choice Music Prize event.
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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

You get one chance to make an impression, and coasting through is a disservice.

James Vincent McMorrow

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

I just essentially stayed at home for three years and just learned to play as many instruments as I could and listened to as many singers as I could. Like, when I got to about 19/20, I started listening to singers. I normally just listened to bands. ...

James Vincent McMorrow

My first record was made in Termonfeckin, which is a small town on the north-east coast of Ireland. I had been in London, but it didn't click. So, at home, I didn't think about making something, just whether something could be made. There was no gran...

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I remember always looking forward to listening to country music in the car with my mother, and it wasn't even something I enjoyed in the sense of music, but just being around music itself was enough.

James Vincent McMorrow

My mum was a big fan of E.L.O. and Elvis Costello. She used to play that, consistently, all the time when we were kids. And my dad, he would claim to be a singer... You know, he loves singing, and he used to sing a lot when he was a kid and at partie...

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I'm very ambitious, musically - I want to create great things, not mediocre work.

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I've got an Avalon guitar - that's the company that used to be Lowden. They come out of Ireland, and they're like these folk kind of guitars. You can pick 'em, you can strum 'em - they're quite good.

James Vincent McMorrow

All the really good guitar players - Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, or even Bert Jansch or John Martin - I love all those people. But I didn't start out thinking that I would be a guitar player. In the beginning, I played the guitar so I could sing. I mai...

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I think it's safe to say that if you talk to anybody in Ireland, they'll have a passing knowledge of the guitar. It was something that I couldn't get away from when I was younger: guitars played in shops and parties, just everywhere.

James Vincent McMorrow

I'm learning on the guitar all the time.

James Vincent McMorrow

I heard of this Texas studio. The owner, Tony Rancich, wanted to fly us out for the day to see the studio. I booked it the next day. He's that rare guy that is in it purely for the love of it.

James Vincent McMorrow

I have some vivid memories of walking around as a child with a cassette tape.

James Vincent McMorrow

I didn't really learn how to play guitar until I was in college.

James Vincent McMorrow

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

I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person.

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I don't know if I'm attention deficit, but I certainly am easily distracted by other things.

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I moved to London with this really warped sense of expectation.

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I like working by myself.

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Author Bio

  • NameJames Vincent McMorrow
  • DescriptionMusician
  • BornJanuary 14, 1983
  • CountryIreland
  • ProfessionSinger-songwriter