Irish - Musician | January 14, 1983 -
I have some vivid memories of walking around as a child with a cassette tape.
James Vincent McMorrow
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I remember always looking forward to listening to country music in the car with my mother, and it wasn't even something I enjoyed in the sense of music, but just being around music itself was enough.
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I think it's safe to say that if you talk to anybody in Ireland, they'll have a passing knowledge of the guitar. It was something that I couldn't get away from when I was younger: guitars played in shops and parties, just everywhere.
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I didn't really learn how to play guitar until I was in college.
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You get one chance to make an impression, and coasting through is a disservice.
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I have no interest in making music that's built for an antique shop.
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It's like half the campaign of selling a record is trying to convince people that you're an artist. Well, I am an artist. This is what I do.
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I was never a 'sit down with a notepad and write lyrics' kind of person.
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More often than not, changes had to be made in order for a song to make sense, and by the end of it, it would just be something different. Lyrically, I am usually fairly confused until something is finished, and then it makes perfect sense to me.
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My favorite records are not easy - they're not records that reveal everything to you the first time out.
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I never was the front man in any bands I played in when I was in college, and I always learned music by myself at home.
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My first record was made in Termonfeckin, which is a small town on the north-east coast of Ireland. I had been in London, but it didn't click. So, at home, I didn't think about making something, just whether something could be made. There was no grand plan.
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