James Hunter Quotes

• Leadership is character in action.

  James Hunter

  Character, Action

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• I am quite a slow writer. I can only work under pressure; I wait until the last minute.

  James Hunter

  Waiting, Lasts, Pressure

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• For me, hearing the term 'apply yourself' was like a crucifix to Bella Lugosi's Dracula. 'Ahhh, it burns!'

  James Hunter

  Hearing, Term

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• My absolute favorite song I've ever written is "This Is Where We Came In." It's a nudge at younger listeners, cause at one time you could go into a cinema halfway through a film and then stay through and pick up where you left off.

  James Hunter

  Song, Cinema, Nudge

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• If I have any claim to originality, I do it by investing my own personality into it, so it's coming from a slightly more sardonic, English point of view.

  James Hunter

  Views, Personality, Investing

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I'm conscious enough that how I'm singing is not my own accent.

  James Hunter

  Singing, Enough, Conscious

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• If I sang the way I talk it would sound like "Tommy Steele sings Muddy Waters!"

  James Hunter

  Water, Sound, Way

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Because I'm English, I try not to make any purely American references, because I want to limit how much I'm pretending to be American.

  James Hunter

  Trying, Want, Limits

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I get influenced by stuff that isn't even music.

  James Hunter

  Stuff

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• It's when you are trying to make something that is "authentic" as opposed to real - people who appreciate music for the wrong reasons tend to compartmentalize stuff.

  James Hunter

  Real, People, Appreciate

  "Goodbye Sam Cooke, Hello James Hunter". Interview with Jacob Blickenstaff, www.motherjones.com. February 10, 2016.

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• If you are approaching the music with more reverence than the original guys invested into it, you are effectively doing it a disservice.

  James Hunter

  Guy, Reverence, Originals

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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