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45 quotes by Jamie Cullum

Jamie Cullum (born 20 August 1979) is an English jazz-pop singer-songwriter. Though he is primarily a vocalist/pianist he also accompanies himself on other instruments including guitar and drums. Since April 2010, he has been presenting a weekly jazz show on BBC Radio 2, broadcast on Tuesdays from 19:00.
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I worship pianos like they are prize diamonds, and I never willfully do damage to them. But I grew up playing guitars, and you treat a guitar like a... →

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What's interesting is often people think life changes when you have a record deal and you do all kinds of stuff. Obviously your life changes, but... →

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In my bachelor days, I had a small upright piano in my kitchen. It cost £10 from eBay plus £70 delivery. It was because I'd seen an... →

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My pure love is playing music.

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I used to collect rare sneakers. I used to get 'Sneaker Freaker' magazine and everything. It kind of reached its epitome when I did two weeks... →

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I used to drum on the table at school. I think a handful of my school reports say that they thought I might have some kind of ADD because I was... →

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I was an absolute idiot, wearing polo-necks, reading Kerouac, watching Woody Allen movies, and jazz fitted right into all of that. My interest in... →

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My only ambition is to grow as a musician.

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My mother was born in Burma, but my grandfather on her side was Indian-Spanish. So I have this quite exotic mix, which is reflected in my earliest... →

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A lot of people are surprised by my love of heavy metal. I fell in love with heavy metal almost before any other genre. One of the first concerts I... →

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As I grow older and meet more and more people, I realise how lucky I am to have had a stable family environment. Both my parents had loving families... →

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I believe, from reading biographies, that the great musicians have also been great cooks: Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Max Roach. I... →

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I don't think I've ever been true to jazz. There's always a kind of jazz element to what I do. There are a very few genres that I... →

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