Slaves do what others want. Servants do what others need.

- James Hunter

My absolute favorite song I've ever written is "This Is Where We Came In." It's a nudge at younger listeners, cause at one time you could go into a c…

- James Hunter

I am quite a slow writer. I can only work under pressure; I wait until the last minute.

- James Hunter

For me, hearing the term 'apply yourself' was like a crucifix to Bella Lugosi's Dracula. 'Ahhh, it burns!'

- James Hunter

I get influenced by stuff that isn't even music.

- James Hunter

If I sang the way I talk it would sound like "Tommy Steele sings Muddy Waters!"

- James Hunter

I'm conscious enough that how I'm singing is not my own accent.

- James Hunter

If I have any claim to originality, I do it by investing my own personality into it, so it's coming from a slightly more sardonic, English point of v…

- James Hunter

Because I'm English, I try not to make any purely American references, because I want to limit how much I'm pretending to be American.

- James Hunter