James Blunt
James Blunt
James Hillier Blount, better known by his stage name James Blunt, is an English singer-songwriter and former reconnaissance officer for the British Army. He originally signed to EMI Music Publishing and is currently signed to Custard Records and Atlantic Records...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth22 February 1974
CityTidworth, England
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To begin with there was the comparisons to David Gray and Damien Rice because they were singer-songwriters. But what's funny is that if you listen to those two they don't sound anything like each other. It's so weird I should be compared to those two, but people need some association. But I'm really glad I've been given a voice by my parents that sounds different. I'm very lucky for that.
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I have friends who were friends of mine before I did music and they are my friends now, and we share life experiences. It's no fun unless you're sharing with people, looking out for them as they are looking out for you.
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I try to tell one lie in every interview. It keeps people I know amused when they read the article.
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I think the things that make me excited are only best when they're shared with people.
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I have been told by people that I should not be seen clubbing with good-looking women, but I can't see why not. Why be a pop star otherwise?
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As a singer-songwriter who gets up on stage and sings about those things that make me vulnerable is an amazing experience. You get up on stage and effectively take your clothes off in front of thousands of people.
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My parents are still together. I have two sisters. I travel the world and they are the people I speak to.
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The showbiz world has to be manipulated to make it more interesting because most people's lives are boring.
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Like any parents, mine wanted me to have a secure job with a regular wage and career prospects. And the one job my father knew of, that he'd had experience of himself, was the army, so he could help me in that direction.
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You're beautiful It's true I saw your face In a crowded place and I dont know what to do cause I will never be with you
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My mum was very good at making me take up musical instruments, so although there was no popular music she made me learn the recorder when I was three, the violin when I was five and the piano when I was seven. I took up the guitar myself when I was 14.
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But I think he might be too old for me at 27. I don't think my mum and dad would have that.
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We see differences in people and seem to be afraid of people. The black or white or gay or straight - I don't necessarily look for differences but for similarities. We need to be looking out for each other.