Jake Bugg Quotes & Sayings

Before I was 12 years old, I had no interest in music; I was just into football. Then I heard Don McLean's 'Vincent' come on at the end of an episode of 'The Simpsons.' You know when you hear something and you don't understand why you like it, you just do? That's how I felt. I just thought, 'I want to be able to write songs like that.' — Jake Bugg

I play music because I love it and I'll keep playin' till I'm old. — Jake Bugg

The papers, you know, they're always gonna just make stuff up. They think it's in the public interest. — Jake Bugg

I would love to have been born in the '60s. — Jake Bugg

People say to me 'You've changed.' and I say 'Haven't you?' People change, it's just life. — Jake Bugg

Stuck in speed bump city/Where the only thing that's pretty/Is the thought of getting out, — Jake Bugg

As a songwriter, it's very hard to listen to music that's not coming from the heart and soul, personally. — Jake Bugg

It can be disheartening to see acts that don't necessarily have any input on their own material to do so well in the charts. — Jake Bugg

I don't need an award to inspire me to keep making music. — Jake Bugg

Bob Dylan is great. I've been compared to him a lot. I think when people see a person on stage with a guitar they just think, 'Bob Dylan!' — Jake Bugg

Obviously, with your first album, you want to make sure you are really happy with it. — Jake Bugg

YouTube is a good way to discover new music now because it comes up with that thing at the side with other artists you might like. — Jake Bugg

Perhaps I'm not a nice person, but no one's perfect. — Jake Bugg

Three thousand people singing back your songs is an incredible feeling. — Jake Bugg

Sometimes Lennon needed McCartney and sometimes Simon needed Garfunkel. You'd go mad doing everything on your own. — Jake Bugg

If a song is longer than three and a half minutes, it'll need something to keep you entertained. — Jake Bugg

At school, people would say I should go on 'Britain's Got Talent,' but I would never have done that because it doesn't seem genuine; it doesn't feel natural. — Jake Bugg

I drink to remember I smoke to forget / Some things to be proud of, some stuff to regret. — Jake Bugg

My mum was a single mum on the dole. — Jake Bugg

One Direction? The young girls will grow up and forget about 'em. — Jake Bugg

I don't care about the word 'pop'. The Beatles were pop; it's just what's popular. — Jake Bugg