James Vincent McMorrow Quotes

I'm a traditional singer-songwriter. I have a more organic sound.

I don't compose rap songs or party numbers. I only compose folk.

I do write a lot of folky songs naturally.

Something people might not know about me is, I like playing the guitar.

I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write tunes.

I came late to the genre of folk music.

I just want to be a guy with a guitar.

I mean, there's times to rock and roll, and I love that too. But I think my first love is acoustic music.

I have this guitar on which I occasionally kill time making up rock n' roll lyrics.

I love playing acoustic guitar because I strum with my hands to feel more connected.

I play the guitar every day.

I've always played acoustically - it's how I learned. I grew up listening to Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Dylan and what have you.

I don't like to be caught without a pick.

When I was younger and played acoustic guitar music, I got a lot of Sheeran comparisons, along with guys like Paolo Nutini and James Morrison.

I didn't get into music to become a blues musician, or a country musician. I'm a singer-songwriter. In my book that means I get to do whatever I want.

As a guitar player, you can gravitate to the blues because you can play it easily. It's not a style that's difficult to pick up. It's purely emotive and dead easy to get a start with.

I write alternative, folkie pop. It's very acoustic.

I'll always do the guitar parts since it's my main instrument.

But the guitar is my favorite, first and foremost instrument.

But the reality is that we are a folk band.

If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if folk music means music for the people, and playing music to entertain them and share different messages, then sure, I'd like to think that I'm part folk singer.

My first really good guitar was a Gibson J-45.

My dad was a huge Bob Dylan fan, so we listened to his music, Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, and all that kind of stuff.

Folk-rock hasn't changed much over the decades since the Byrds started it.

My dad bought me a guitar and people would ask me to play.