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
afraid return
We should not be afraid of change, we should return to the old ideas.
band best british display grateful gratitude happy people suppose supposed voted
We did the triple, but in all honesty, I suppose we're supposed to display some gratitude. We are grateful because, you know, voted for by the people and all that, we're very happy about that but who else was going to be the best British band at the moment, you know?
appreciate face time
You don't need to be in everyone's face all the time to appreciate what you do.
came meet people record save
You don't meet that many people that you can talk about Roots Manuva with, but that was my favorite in school, this record of his called 'Run Come Save Me.' When I first started writing lyrics, it came from that.
emphasis great music records roses sales sold stone
I think all this emphasis on sales is misguided. If you look at the Stone Roses or the Jam, you don't think about how many records they sold but what great music they made. That's what is?.
driving feels last near playing shows year
Last year at this time, we were driving around playing shows near Sheffield. Now, it feels like we'll at least have a go at it.
hopefully immune maybe might people realize seem tabloid
Hopefully the tabloid thing has peaked. It doesn't seem to be as big (to us) as what people might think it is. Maybe we are immune to all of it because of everything that's happened. Maybe in 10 years we'll realize what it is.
faded roll
Rock n' roll seems like it's faded away sometimes, but it will never die.
gigs
I get nervous about gigs sometimes, but not with records - I always get excited.
call die goes music roll sort whatever
Guitar music or rock n' roll or whatever you want to call it sort of goes away with trends, but it'll never go away completely. It can't die because it's so fundamentally attractive.
asked good humor key near role top
Someone asked me what the key to being a good frontman was, and I think having a sense of humor about it is pretty near the top of that list. It's a very strange place to be in, and I don't take that role too seriously.
centers freer good imagination perhaps york
I think New York is a good place to write in general because it's a grid. It's organized. You know where you are on the map. That centers you, and your imagination is perhaps freer to roam.
soundtrack
I just don't think I'm equipped to soundtrack the times. There might be someone out there who can do that, but I haven't cracked it.
might
I know my lyrics might be weird to some, but they're not like that to me because I know where they come from - I know the secret.