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
mother children thinking
Mothers always think their children are prettier than they really are, and mine has always told me I look like Tom Cruise
thinking people excited
I think the things that make me excited are only best when they're shared with people.
girlfriend thinking sensitive
I think sensitive is the wrong description of me. I'm British, actually, so quite bad at expressing myself in conversation, as any ex-girlfriend will tell you. I'm probably emotionally stunted.
drinking thinking shoes
There's a lot of music nowadays with people singing about how amazing their clothes are and how incredible their shoes are and how much jewelry they might be wearing or how much jewelry they want, how much money they have and the club that they're in and the alcohol that they're drinking. I think that's showing off. I don't think it's necessarily all that honest or all that interesting.
thinking guitar way
I don't think I picked up the guitar in the first place as a way of getting women. There are probably better ways of doing it.
thinking night clothes
If you get up on stage and brag, I don't think that's very brave. It's braver to get up and take your clothes off. And I do that every night.
writing thinking white
I don't know how to write without thinking what people would want. You don't know whether they want you to be black or white, so you kind of get a gray, something in the middle.
stupid army thinking
I guess if you're stupid enough to join the army without thinking about getting shot at, then you really are a fool.
begin compared david funny given glad gray listen lucky parents people rice sound sounds voice weird
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.
army-and-navy career english-musician experience help job knew mine regular secure wage
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.
crowded face saw
You're beautifulIt's trueI saw your face In a crowded placeand I dont know what to docause I will never be with you
beautiful cause crowded face saw true
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
although five good guitar learn mum music musical piano popular recorder took violin
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.
dad might mum
But I think he might be too old for me at 27. I don't think my mum and dad would have that.