Alex Turner
Alex Turner
Alexander David "Alex" Turneris an English musician. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and principal songwriter of the English rock band Arctic Monkeys. The only child of two teachers, Turner was raised in the Sheffield suburb of High Green. Turner has also recorded with his side-project The Last Shadow Puppets and as a solo artist for the Submarinemovie soundtrack...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth6 January 1986
CityHigh Green, England
crack good
It'll never be the same as it is here. It can never be the same, but we can have a good crack at it.
arrogance inevitable people tired
We want to do things our way, and people think it's arrogance, so it's inevitable some people will get tired of us.
bit morning
There's something to be said for writing in the morning. At other points in the day, you're a bit more defensive.
There's something about a Gucci loafer kicking on a fuzz pedal.
aggressive environment ground quite tightly unnatural wound
It's a very unnatural environment to be in, up on a stage. So you put up defenses to hide. Like looking at the ground with your hair in your eyes, or being tightly wound and quite aggressive and uncooperative, as I used to do.
people technology whatever
It's about so much more than technology or whatever people think it was.
five grab sit
I usually sit around with the guitar in reach and grab it when I get an idea. Sometimes it lasts five minutes, and sometimes it lasts all day.
album machine songs washing whether
Sometimes, writing songs is like waiting in for deliveries. They give you a window, and your washing machine is going to show up, whether the window is the album or something you're thinking, like, 'This thing is going to come to me.'
gateway
Television? It's a gateway to writer's block, isn't it?
confines
Sometimes I don't want to be in the confines of what a band seems to provide.
album last lights looking second song straight ten written
The second album will be different I think. We've already got more than ten songs, because we've been writing for a long time. The last song that went on the (first) album - 'You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Looking Straight At Me' - was written last May.
knew nervous people
We were very nervous but it were right exciting. We weren't hooligans but we knew people that were.
afraid return
We should not be afraid of change, we should return to the old ideas.
appreciate face time
You don't need to be in everyone's face all the time to appreciate what you do.