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As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.

- James Bay
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When I was 16, I spent a year pushing trollies around a car park, and that wasn't fun. I didn't love working in a supermarket; it wasn't for me. It is for some people, and that's totally cool.

I spent two years playing open mic nights in Brighton, and I heard more and more people saying, 'You should give it a go in London.'

My songwriting process, and maybe loads of other people's, is just this sort of smashing together of emotions and stuff to make some music. It's kind of simple and really complex at the same time and, as you can see, incredibly hard to explain.

Both Springsteen and Michael Jackson, who had these huge productions, could always scale them back down to just a song and a melody. All of that influences me. I also try to be a fictional writer, and sometimes I get close, but the things that resonate the most with me - and with everyone else - is what's real.

As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.

I loved pop music as a little kid. Things like the Black Eyed Peas. If it had a catchy chorus, I was into it.

There was a guitar that my uncle owned and never learnt to play. He sold it to my dad, and when I heard 'Layla', that was the tune that really grabbed me. I said to my dad, 'Wait, there's a guitar, right?'

It's bad to be labeled just another singer-songwriter.

Being exhausted is all part of the fun. I'm cool with it. I'm not going to wish that it would slow down.

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As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.

As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.

As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.

As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.

As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.

As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.

As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.

As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.

As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.

As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.

As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.

As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.

As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.

As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.

As a little kid, I was obsessed with Michael Jackson.