James Blunt Quotes

I'm pretty sure Adele and James Blunt were dumped by the same man.

I am a dreamer but when I wake, you can't break my spirit, it's my dreams you take

I guess if you're stupid enough to join the army without thinking about getting shot at, then you really are a fool.

I write, "Give me reason but don't give me choice, because I'll make the same mistake again." I think that's what most men want to be told.

Will you be my shoulder when I'm gray and older? Promise me tomorrow starts with you. Getting high, running wild among the stars above. Sometimes it's hard to believe you remember me.

The showbiz world has to be manipulated to make it more interesting because most people's lives are boring.

Being British, I don't really have a way of expressing myself in conversation. Music transcends language.

If the Army helped towards my tuition fees I would then give them four years of my life.

I am not into fashion. I just like being able to buy my mates dinner.

It may be over but it won't stop there, I am here for you if you'd only care

My life is brillant, My love is pure.

The song is about love, life, fear and hope... and more than anything, you... and me...

I try to read everything that I can about myself because Saddam Hussein didn't read his reviews and he thought he was winning!

And the one job my father knew of, that he'd had experience of himself, was the Army, so he could help me in that direction.

I never really set out to do anything in the charts with music. It came as a total surprise that I did, and it's fun.

Honestly if men are given a choice, we'll choose everything.

Things take a long time, but when it's right things move fast.

Mothers always think their children are prettier than they really are, and mine has always told me I look like Tom Cruise.

I know I'm a pop star. But sometime I'd like to be a rock star.

Maybe I should try singing like a man.

My dad was in the Army. The Army's not great pay, but, you know, we moved from Army patch to Army patch wherever that was. The Army also contributed to sending me off to boarding school.

If you get up on stage and brag, I don't think that's very brave. It's braver to get up and take your clothes off. And I do that every night.

I think sensitive is the wrong description of me. I'm British, actually, so quite bad at expressing myself in conversation, as any ex-girlfriend will tell you. I'm probably emotionally stunted.

Every person I've met has influenced my songs.

Ladies love a soppy lyric. There's a real winner in 'Carry You Home'.

I always wanted to be a Muppet. So when 'Sesame Street' approached me to guest star, I thought: 'I'm going to be on this!' It's pretty incredible stuff.

On the song 'Dangerous,' it feels like a teenager picking up a new instrument and writing something with all of that naive excitement.

I don't think I picked up the guitar in the first place as a way of getting women. There are probably better ways of doing it.

I write songs about my own experiences. You can't lie to yourself. You can't pose to yourself.

I have been told by people that I should not be seen clubbing with good-looking women, but I can't see why not. Why be a pop star otherwise?

I think the things that make me excited are only best when they're shared with people.

To get up on stage with a band is fantastic. To play songs to an audience is mindblowing.

I don't know how to write without thinking what people would want. You don't know whether they want you to be black or white, so you kind of get a gray, something in the middle.

Every time I do an interview, it's like serious therapy. But real therapy isn't something that I'd ever have. I feel fortunate that mentally everything is functioning well.

War is devastating, and it leaves its scars for generations.

This will be my first visit [to Israel]. I've heard it's a special place, that Tel Aviv is exciting and that the atmosphere is excellent....I hope I'll have time to visit the holy places.

It's always nice to be able to capture your life's experiences in a song and hold the emotion in that way.

I always wanted to be a Muppet.

I try to tell one lie in every interview. It keeps people I know amused when they read the article.

My parents are still together. I have two sisters. I travel the world and they are the people I speak to.

I'm screaming at the top of my voice

I have fun with it and I am honest and open about the way I lead my life and don't mislead anyone. I've had the time of my life and thank God for that, it would be such a waste otherwise.

To come home and share life experiences with friends is the key to what makes me feel really alive.

Ladies love a soppy lyric. There's a real winner in 'Carry You Home.'

'Top Gear' changed people's perceptions of me. I've had much more positive responses from my TV appearances than written articles. And I have the weirdest voice.

I'm always ready for the enemy to come over the hill. I'm packed and set to go. That comes from my time in the army. I used to travel in a tank, but now it's a tour bus going to safer places.

You light the Spark in my Bonfire Heart.

Tracer lighting up the sky.It's another families' turn to die.A child afraid to even cry out says, He has been here.And I see no bravery, No bravery in your eyes anymore.Only sadness.