British Musicians Quotes

British blues was my favorite music, and it still is.

I'd love to write with some people from the U.K., like Ed Sheeran, Emeli Sande... there's a very long list.

Who'll love Aladdin Sane? Battle cries and champagne just in time for sunrise.

If it wasn't for the British musicians, a lot of us black musicians in America would still be catchin' the hell that we caught long before. So thanks to them, thanks to all you guys. You opened doors that I don't think would have been opened in my lifetime. When white America started paying attention to the blues - it started opening a lot of doors that had been closed to us.

Ringo is incredible. He's the greatest. Simon Kirke is great as well, so is Ian Paice. All of these British drummers from the '60s are great. They were big influences on me.

Neil Amin-Smith and I met playing in classical orchestras when we were children. We are from the same area of London. We met Jack Patterson when we were studying at Cambridge University, and decided to start the band together.

A lot of my male vocal influences are British - people like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant.

Britain is not just One Direction, Little Mix, and James Bay. There's Skepta killing it, there's Krept and Konan killing it.

I love British bands.

If I could do something with Paul McCartney it would be just amazing. Or Eric Clapton.