James Blunt
I do have a ski lift named after me in Sweden... It's an honour. I got to smash a bottle against the first pillar and say, 'I name this chairlift James Blunt. God bless her and all who rides me.'
I think it's always worth remembering that people sending off mean tweets are probably pretty lonely people.
I don't think I was ever designed to be a ubiquitous worldwide star. I'm a singer-songwriter writing quite personal songs. You're not supposed to chuck me on a stage with bells and whistles. There was a struggle ahead after that happened, and perhaps I was trying to write songs to compete in that arena.
I am a troll. And do you know what? I really don't like social media apart from that aspect of it. Posting pictures of me doing this or that is really boring, but I enjoy engaging with people. I tell them it's just a laugh and to stay in touch if you're getting any grief. They're just opinions.
I probably deserve a bit of a kicking. And having been to boarding school, I've learnt to enjoy a good beating.
Touring is the best invention of all time, so if I have to suffer a little bit of payback for having all this fun, then so be it.
I'm self-deprecating because I'm British, and that's what we're supposed to be. I'm sure if I was American, I'd tell you how great I was.
I've always been independent. My father was in the army, so we moved every two years. I had to go round and bang on the neighbour's door each time to find out if they had kids I could play with.
Carrie Fisher was the most remarkable person I've ever known. I made my first three albums in her house. 'Goodbye My Lover' was recorded in her bathroom. My life will not be nearly as much fun now she's gone.
I'm pretty sure Adele and James Blunt were dumped by the same man.Collection: Men
I am a dreamer but when I wake, you can't break my spirit, it's my dreams you takeCollection: Break Up
To come home and share life experiences with friends is the key to what makes me feel really alive.Collection: Home
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.Collection: Romantic
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.Collection: Mistake
No matter whether you are black or white, man or woman, gay or straight, Christian, Muslim, or Jew, we all share the same emotions, the same human condition.Collection: Christian
It may be over but it won't stop there, I am here for you if you'd only careCollection: Break Up
Honestly if men are given a choice, we'll choose everything.Collection: Men
Being British, I don't really have a way of expressing myself in conversation. Music transcends language.Collection: Way
I always wanted to be a Muppet.Collection: Muppet
Mothers always think their children are prettier than they really are, and mine has always told me I look like Tom Cruise.Collection: Mother
There's a lot of music nowadays with people singing about how amazing their clothes are and how incredible their shoes are and how much jewelry they might be wearing or how much jewelry they want, how much money they have and the club that they're in and the alcohol that they're drinking. I think that's showing off. I don't think it's necessarily all that honest or all that interesting.Collection: Drinking
The song is about love, life, fear and hope... and more than anything, you... and me...Collection: Song
I'm screaming at the top of my voiceCollection: Voice
Maybe I should try singing like a man.Collection: Men
I used to have an eBay addiction. I was really good at selling stuff. My sister needed to get to a funeral in Ireland - the airlines were on strike - so I listed her on eBay: damsel in distress. Guys were outbidding guys to be the hero and help her. A guy who owned a helicopter won.Collection: Hero
To get up on stage with a band is fantastic. To play songs to an audience is mindblowing.Collection: Song
I think the things that make me excited are only best when they're shared with people.Collection: Thinking
Every person I've met has influenced my songs.Collection: Song
My parents are still together. I have two sisters. I travel the world and they are the people I speak to.Collection: Two
I have friends who were friends of mine before I did music and they are my friends now, and we share life experiences. It's no fun unless you're sharing with people, looking out for them as they are looking out for you.Collection: Fun
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.Collection: Jobs
We see differences in people and seem to be afraid of people. The black or white or gay or straight - I don't necessarily look for differences but for similarities. We need to be looking out for each other.Collection: Gay
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.Collection: Israel
As a singer-songwriter who gets up on stage and sings about those things that make me vulnerable is an amazing experience. You get up on stage and effectively take your clothes off in front of thousands of people.Collection: Clothes
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.Collection: Thinking
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.Collection: Writing
I write songs about my own experiences. You can't lie to yourself. You can't pose to yourself.Collection: Song
Ladies love a soppy lyric. There's a real winner in 'Carry You Home'.Collection: Real
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.Collection: Fun
I have friends who were friends of mine before I did music and they are my friends now, and we share life experiences. It’s no fun unless you’re sharing with people, looking out for them as they are looking out for you.Collection: Fun
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.Collection: Fun