Top 25 Quotes & Sayings by Jake Bugg

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English musician Jake Bugg.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Jake Bugg

Jake Bugg is an English singer-songwriter. His self-titled debut album, Jake Bugg, some of which was co-written with songwriter Iain Archer, was released in October 2012 and reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. His second album, Shangri La, was released in November 2013 and his third, largely self-produced album On My One, in June 2016. His fourth album Hearts That Strain, a largely acoustic effort, produced by Dan Auerbach, was released in September 2017. After a gap of four years, in August 2021, Bugg released the more pop-influenced fifth album Saturday Night, Sunday Morning.

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.
If a song is longer than three and a half minutes, it'll need something to keep you entertained.
The papers, you know, they're always gonna just make stuff up. They think it's in the public interest. — © Jake Bugg
The papers, you know, they're always gonna just make stuff up. They think it's in the public interest.
I don't need an award to inspire me to keep making music.
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.'
Obviously, with your first album, you want to make sure you are really happy with it.
My mum was a single mum on the dole.
One Direction? The young girls will grow up and forget about 'em.
I don't care about the word 'pop'. The Beatles were pop; it's just what's popular.
I would love to have been born in the '60s.
Three thousand people singing back your songs is an incredible feeling.
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.
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.
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!'
Sometimes Lennon needed McCartney and sometimes Simon needed Garfunkel. You'd go mad doing everything on your own.
As a songwriter, it's very hard to listen to music that's not coming from the heart and soul, personally.
I play music because I love it and I'll keep playin' till I'm old.
Perhaps I’m not a nice person, but no one’s perfect.
I drink to remember I smoke to forget / Some things to be proud of, some stuff to regret.
Stuck in speed bump city/Where the only thing that's pretty/Is the thought of getting out.
People say to me 'You've changed.' and I say 'Haven't you?' People change, it's just life. — © Jake Bugg
People say to me 'You've changed.' and I say 'Haven't you?' People change, it's just life.
I dont need an award to inspire me to keep making music.
I would love to have been born in the 60s.
Bob Dylan is great. Ive been compared to him a lot. I think when people see a person on stage with a guitar they just think, Bob Dylan!
If a song is longer than three and a half minutes, itll need something to keep you entertained.
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