Alex Turner Quotes

There is always that one band that comes along when you are 14 or 15 years old that manages to hit you in just the right way and changes your whole perception of things.

A lot of peopletell me I'm a bit dreamy, but I like the idea of that. Of being somewhere else.

You spend your time thinking about that and you get lost in reflection.

Love's not only blind but deaf.

There's that 15 quid we put on One Direction to win down the drain.

What came first the chicken or the dickhead?

There have always been jokes all over our songs; I originally started writing lyrics to make my friends crack a smile, which is difficult.

Maybe I'm too busy being yours to fall for somebody new.

I just wanted to do something that would freak people out. That's the best thing to do.

You can't worry what people think.

Every time you write a song, you're looking for some sort of perfection, and you never quite reach it. You're always looking for that extra missing piece.

Sometimes writing songs is like waiting for deliveries.

Songwriters always reminded me of that kid at school who would go around with his guitar, like, "Yeah, songwritin' man," looking wistful. That wasn't me - those kinds of people put me off.

Rock'n'roll will never go away completely because it's so fundamentally attractive.

I think each thing in a way acts as a stepping - stone for whatever the next thing is.

I've come to recognize songwriting as something that I do, and I want to be good at that. At that craft, if you like. I want to practice it.

I can't draw. I'm good on the yo-yo, but I don't draw.

I took the batteries out my mysticism / 
And put them in my thinking cap

I am a romantic fool, no doubt about that.

There's something to be said for writing in the morning. At other points in the day, you're a bit more defensive.