James Bay is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Hitchin. He began playing guitar at age 11 after hearing Eric Clapton's "Layla." His 2015 album, Chaos and the Calm, went to number one in the UK and number 15 in the US. He has performed at festivals such as Glastonbury and cites creating honest music as what sets him apart from other singer-songwriters.

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2. James Michael Bay
English singer, songwriter
and guitarist.
From Hitchin
His music has meaning
and emotion behind it
Bay began to know
that he loved guitars
when he was the ae
of 11
Chaos and the Calm album
went to number one in UK
and number 15 in the US
Brit award: “Critics” choice
Inspired to play guitar due to hearing
Eric Clapton’s “Layla”
Caught the attention
of Republic Records
A&R when a fan
uploaded a video of
Bay performing
First ever EP was
The Dark of the
Morning in 2013
Performed at many various
festivals and events like
Glastonbury andV Festival

4. “I’m still like an excited
kid playing guitar in front
of the bedroom mirror”
“It’s silly to call me the new Ed
Sheeran. He can fill stadiums as a
solo artist, but I’m not like that”
“It’s bad to be labelled just another
singer-songwriter”
“How I set myself apart is by
creating the sort of real and honest
music, which is who I’m also trying
to be”
The first quote talks about how although he
may’ve grown up with a great profession he’s
still a kid at heart and doesn’t want to be
treated any differently to other people.
The
second quote shows how James isn’t egotistical
and still thinks of himself as new to the career
meaning that he stills has judgement of how
good he is even though he has many
fans/followers.
In the third quote it mentions
about how he is already being labelled for being
another singer-songwriter which he finds unfair
as he is only new to the career meaning they
don’t know what he’s like.
In the final quote he
talks about how his music is very different to
others as he tries to keep it as real and as
honest as possible so that it relates to people
more who listen to his songs. Also he mentions
how his songs symbolise his personality of
being honest and how he’s not fake like some
artist may be
Quotes by James Bay