Jake Bugg Quotes

I had no interest in music. But now, music means everything to me. I have no words to explain how beautiful music is. It is where you can create everything, like beautiful songs to sad songs to almost anything.

I was inspired to make music since I was 7 because my aunt is a songwriter.

My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs.

As a songwriter, you respect and appreciate the writings of other people, and I often get asked, are there songs out there I wish I'd written? Yes. There's many of them!

My father was not really into popular music; I had to learn about that for myself.

I write music because I love it. Sometimes more than anything in the world.

It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most.

As I get older, I don't aggressively pursue songs. All the great ones just appear.

I love to listen to the music that first inspired me - I get that fresh feeling back.

Still, to this day I go back and listen to music that inspires me to write now.

While other kids played with cars and toys, I listened to music all day. I wanted to sing it and learn it.

My goal is really to continue to make music. I really don't make music to have platinum records and all that kind of stuff. I've been there. I do it because I love music, and I love uplifting people through my music. That's my real goal.

Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting.

But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under.

To me, a song is new every time I sing it.

'I Get Around' came on one day. I'd never heard the Beach Boys before. The sound was so fresh to me. That was the first time when I truly was gripped by the power of music. It opened my eyes to the heights that music can achieve.

I have grown up listening to Strings and they have always been a source of inspiration to me.

I've had tons of incredible conversations with people who say they got married or buried relatives to my songs.

I love 'Battles,' and I love what it's doing for people.

People often reach out and comment on how they relate to my lyrics, which makes me feel very warm inside.

Music is one whole force. And I think the Proms have always represented very clearly that music is a universal language, one that everyone can speak. I've just followed my goosebumps in every direction and have found a recipe for what my music feels and sounds like.

Music is something that's so powerful and means so much to me.

My first impression when I heard 'Heaven' was, 'Do not let anyone else have that song! I'm putting it on hold.' I knew it was special from the first time I heard it, and I thought my fans would love it as much as I did.

Really, music is what I'm interested in, and the lyric part of it came from just having to have something to sing.

If one person feels the way I felt when I first fell in love with country music, then I'm doing my job.