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
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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.
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We're getting a lot of (new) music together. It's all about our adventures at the moment. We don't see Sheffield much anymore ? it's a closed book. We're moving on and thinking about different things.
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Rock n' roll seems like it's faded away sometimes, but it will never die.
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I think I'm alright as a lyricist, you know? But then what will happen every couple of months or so is that I'll hear a song I've never heard before and feel I've gone right back to square one.
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I still very much appreciate the storytelling of the best rappers.
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I'm in a difficult position in the sense that, preposterous as this might sound, I don't like being the centre of attention. I get up on stage every night and play songs, but I almost feel the songs are the centre of attention. I don't like opening my birthday presents in front of people, either.
We live in Sheffield and we write about the things we see here. What else is there to write about?
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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.
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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?.
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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?
I'm not really one for collaborations, to be quite honest.
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I'm not even sure where home is. Probably Terminal 5. There is a strange sense of calm about arriving back at Heathrow.
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It were amazing. That day it was like, 'Sky News wants to talk to you'.
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It'll never be the same as it is here. We'd been playing shows all over and it's been building up really slowly. We didn't even know we were doing it when we were doing it. It can never be the same, but we can have a good crack at it. We'll play the shows and if people like (them), great. If not ...