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James Bay Quotes

My songwriting process, and maybe loads of other people's, is just this sort of smashing together of emotions and stuff to make some music. It's kind of simple and really complex at the same time and, as you can see, incredibly hard to explain.

James Bay

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: british
Birth: September 4, 1990

Topics

Music Time Together Simple People

I have like fifteen televisions in my house.

Jimmy Kimmel

House Like Fifteen

When I was a student, if you accidentally wrote a triad in a piece of yours, it was just sort of like you were breaking the law! You just couldn't do it. And that just meant you were a bad composer.

Max Richter

Law You Bad Student Yours Just

There are some subjects that can only be tackled in fiction.

John le Carre

Fiction Only Some Subjects Tackled

I think better of our behaviour as individuals than I do when we see ourselves as members of a group. It's when people start forming groups that we have to watch our backs.

John Irving

People Start Think Better Group See

In the U.S. alone, weather disasters caused $50 billion in economic damages in 2010.

Jeff Goodell

Alone Weather Economic Billion

Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if allowed Would be right proud Eternally to die for.

Ambrose Bierce

Lie People Proud Die Cry Right

Intellectual curiosity about one's own illness is certainly born of a desire for mastery. If I couldn't cure myself, perhaps I could at least begin to understand myself.

Siri Hustvedt

Myself Curiosity Born Desire Mastery

I'm a big believer in personal responsibility. My life wasn't always peaches and roses. Where I am today is through a belief in hard work and never saying no.

Steve Wilkos

Life Work Hard Work Today I Am

I'm very good at watching basketball and wearing basketball shoes.

Trip Lee

Good Shoes Basketball Watching Very

I like to think of myself as a leader whose door is always open. But I recently learned that an open door isn't enough.

Jason Fried

Leader Myself Door Think Enough

Sporting competitions seem to be what we obsess over, frankly. So if we can put engineering, science, technology into a format of healthy, fun competition, we can attract all sorts of kids that might not see the kind of activity we do as accessible or rewarding.

Dean Kamen

Technology Science Competition Fun

The feat of surviving is directly related to the capacity of the survivor.

Claire Cameron

Survivor Surviving Capacity Related