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30 quotes by Teddy Thompson

Teddy Thompson (born 19 February 1976) is a British folk and rock musician. He is the son of folk-rock musicians Richard and Linda Thompson and brother of singer Kamila Thompson. He released his first album in 2000.
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I remember writing 'The One I Can't Have' at the kitchen table. I was looking at a picture of Truman Capote with Marilyn Monroe and... →

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I love the sad songs with their maudlin, self-deprecating, almost funny lyrics. As an Englishman, they make a lot of sense.

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I like England more than I did when I left. It's become a bit of a better country in the last ten years, in the attitude of it. A bit more... →

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I came from a folk-family background. Although we weren't really the all-singing, all-dancing-around-the-piano folkies or anything like that... →

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I used to listen to my dad a lot as a way of trying to be close to him, as well, because my parents were divorced and I didn't spend that much... →

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Internet radio stations like KCRW do take you everywhere, yet that's just one of a hundred small things you have to do to succeed. It used to be... →

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I think I'm too cynical for L.A. My sense of humor doesn't go down well here, which probably affects my love life. I need to have a laugh... →

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I was obsessed with country music when I was a kid, and it's definitely had a huge influence on the way I write songs. I was always attracted to... →

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My goal when I started out was to get to the point where I could tour a lot and make a living, which means getting paid enough to hire my own band... →

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My understanding of this life is that you tour and play for years and years, have some longevity and a steady career. That may sound boring, but I... →

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People think unless you have loops and electronics and so on, you must be in your 50s. I quite like a lot of things that have loops and sequencers... →

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I come from a place where there's a lot of musical families.

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I'm never worried about being upstaged. I love to have the best, most individual people come in and see if we hit on something.

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