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
song teenager writing
On the song 'Dangerous,' it feels like a teenager picking up a new instrument and writing something with all of that naive excitement.
song play band
To get up on stage with a band is fantastic. To play songs to an audience is mindblowing.
song mets persons
Every person I've met has influenced my songs.
song nice able
It's always nice to be able to capture your life's experiences in a song and hold the emotion in that way.
song cheating communication
In a way song writing can almost be detrimental, because suddenly you find an outlet that is a kind of cheating. You don't need to have direct communication. You can say, 'I can't describe it to you, but I will record it and send it to you.'
song love-life
The song is about love, life, fear and hope… and more than anything, you… and me…
song stupid taken
It's taken a long time but eventually when I had the songs in place and demos right and I found myself a manager, that's when everything started happening quickly but I think that's always the way it is.
song lying writing
I write songs about my own experiences. You can't lie to yourself. You can't pose to yourself.
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I like 'Goodbye My Lover' because it's a really personal song and I recorded it in my landlady's bathroom in Los Angeles. She had a piano in there and for me listening back to it, it actually sounds like the voice I hear in my head. It's so close to what I can imagine.
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If you have good songs and a real desire to make music, the next thing to do, instead of approach record companies, is to get yourself a really good manager because then it allows you to focus on your profession of being a musician. Then they can focus on the darker art of the record label and the music industry.
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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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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 beautifulIt's trueI saw your face In a crowded placeand I dont know what to docause I will never be with you
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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