James Hunter
James Hunter
Grammy Award-winning British soul and R&B singer who has worked as a solo artist as well as with Howlin' Wilf & The Veejays.
ProfessionSoul Singer
Date of Birth2 October 1962
company nice purpose sole
The sole purpose of the company was getting me recorded. It was extraordinarily nice of them.
difficult flattering object
Those comparisons are so ludicrously flattering that they are difficult to object to.
call modern music retro
I'd just call it modern music done in a retro way, that's all.
objection
Most people's objection was that I was in my 40s. There was nothing I could really do about that.
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I have an old picture of Sonny Til and the second tenor from the Orioles outside the Earle Theatre. It was such an atmospheric picture, I dragged my girlfriend around town on a bit of a pilgrimage until I finally found it. That was one of my coolest moments so far.
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It seemed like my career was always on the edge of something. Twenty years of bubbling under and not quite erupting kept up the excitement for me, I guess.
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Over here, at its peak, it was the mainstream thing, whereas at home it was always a bit of an underground secret. People here don't seem to be in awe of it like we are, still.
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If it gets really maudlin, it helps. And I think soul can get as maudlin as you like. It really is just the same stuff. The words sort of come to me out of nowhere. The better ones do tend to take on a life of their own. All you do is hold the pencil.
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People often think that every artist in that realm had the same qualities. If I want emotional intensity, I'll listen to Little Willie John, but if I want some pyrotechnics, I'll go to Jackie Wilson. It's not all the same emotional level, that stuff, which people make the mistake of thinking it is.
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It's real disappointing. We had just hit a 3-pointer ourselves to tie the game, and then they came down and hit one to win it.
learn learned microphone minutes road technique watching
I didn't learn as much from him on the road as I did in 10 minutes in the studio. He did some vocals, and I learned about microphone technique watching him in the studio.
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A rut... is little more than a coffin with the ends kicked out.
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It is a shame that so many leaders spend their time pondering their rights as leaders instead of their awesome responsibilities as leaders.
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A seagull manager is one who periodically flies into the area, makes a lot of noise, dumps on the people, maybe eats their lunch, and flies away.