Jack Garratt : (9)

" I’ve always found myself to be most free and creatively open when I’m on my own. " - Jack Garratt

" I like making sounds and putting it together, I’m not just a singer or a producer. " - Jack Garratt

" I will have a playlist ready that I’ll play out to the audience before I walk on stage, and I’ll listen to that same playlist in the room, so by the time I walk on stage, I’m in the same frame of mind the audience is. " - Jack Garratt

" Lyrics are really, really hard, I think, or at least they’re really hard for me. Some people can channel lyrics faster. I find them very hard to find, so because of it, they take me a long time, and I really think about them. " - Jack Garratt

" I’ve purposely made my music to be challenging and different. There’s some electronics, R&B, blues, Motown, country, jazz and lots of soul. " - Jack Garratt

" It’s amazing to be nominated for the Brits’ Critics’ Choice Award 2016. It’s such a significant award that highlights the importance of new music, so it’s a genuine honour to have been nominated alongside some other incredible new acts from the U.K. " - Jack Garratt

" I found a way to connect with lots of instruments rather than just fixating on one of them. I just loved making noise on anything. " - Jack Garratt

" Tech gives people more opportunities to be themselves in front of other people. Sometimes that’s great; sometimes it’s bad. " - Jack Garratt

" My guitar setup is inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan. " - Jack Garratt