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There's something to be said for writing in the morning. At other points in the day, you're a bit more defensive.
- Alex Turner
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#More
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#Something
#Writing
I'm not really one for collaborations, to be quite honest.
- Alex Turner
#Collaborations
#Honest
#Quite
#Really
I just don't think I'm equipped to soundtrack the times. There might be someone out there who can do that, but I haven't cracked it.
- Alex Turner
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#Might
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#Think
#Who
'Hatful of Hollow' and 'The Smiths' were lent to me, and they made me want to create music that might make another person feel like they made me feel - to have an effect on someone.
- Alex Turner
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#Feel
#Me
#Music
#Person
I think New York is a good place to write in general because it's a grid. It's organized. You know where you are on the map. That centers you, and your imagination is perhaps freer to roam.
- Alex Turner
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#Imagination
#Know
#New
#Place
I usually sit around with the guitar in reach and grab it when I get an idea. Sometimes it lasts five minutes, and sometimes it lasts all day.
- Alex Turner
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#Guitar
#Reach
#Sit
#Sometimes
Television? It's a gateway to writer's block, isn't it?
- Alex Turner
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#Gateway
#Television
#Writer
I still very much appreciate the storytelling of the best rappers.
- Alex Turner
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#Best
#Still
#Storytelling
It's a very unnatural environment to be in, up on a stage. So you put up defenses to hide. Like looking at the ground with your hair in your eyes, or being tightly wound and quite aggressive and uncooperative, as I used to do.
- Alex Turner
#Aggressive
#Eyes
#Hair
#Looking
#Stage
I'm like the Ben Affleck of crowd surfing.
- Alex Turner
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#Ben Affleck
#Ben
#Crowd
#Like
I'm not even sure where home is. Probably Terminal 5. There is a strange sense of calm about arriving back at Heathrow.
- Alex Turner
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#Calm
#Home
#Sense
#Strange
I know my lyrics might be weird to some, but they're not like that to me because I know where they come from - I know the secret.
- Alex Turner
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#Lyrics
#Me
#Secret
#Weird
If anyone asks me about songwriting, I guess I'd say that you just gotta do it.
- Alex Turner
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#Guess
#Me
#Say
#Songwriting
The idea that talent is directly proportional to your trophy cabinet is one I oppose.
- Alex Turner
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#Oppose
#Talent
#Trophy
#Your
I can't draw. I'm good on the yo-yo, but I don't draw.
- Alex Turner
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#Good
Rock n' roll seems like it's faded away sometimes, but it will never die.
- Alex Turner
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#Never
#Rock
#Sometimes
#Will
There's something about a Gucci loafer kicking on a fuzz pedal.
- Alex Turner
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#Gucci
#Kicking
#Pedal
#Something
I am a romantic fool, no doubt about that.
- Alex Turner
#About
#Doubt
#Fool
#I Am
#Romantic
Someone asked me what the key to being a good frontman was, and I think having a sense of humor about it is pretty near the top of that list. It's a very strange place to be in, and I don't take that role too seriously.
- Alex Turner
#Good
#Humor
#Me
#Place
#Sense Of Humor
I'm in a difficult position in the sense that, preposterous as this might sound, I don't like being the centre of attention. I get up on stage every night and play songs, but I almost feel the songs are the centre of attention. I don't like opening my birthday presents in front of people, either.
- Alex Turner
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