Alex Turner
Alex Turner
Alexander David "Alex" Turneris an English musician. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and principal songwriter of the English rock band Arctic Monkeys. The only child of two teachers, Turner was raised in the Sheffield suburb of High Green. Turner has also recorded with his side-project The Last Shadow Puppets and as a solo artist for the Submarinemovie soundtrack...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth6 January 1986
CityHigh Green, England
asked good humor key near role top
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.
faded roll
Rock n' roll seems like it's faded away sometimes, but it will never die.
soundtrack
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.
gateway
Television? It's a gateway to writer's block, isn't it?
effect might music
'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.
directly
The idea that talent is directly proportional to your trophy cabinet is one I oppose.
hopefully immune maybe might people realize seem tabloid
Hopefully the tabloid thing has peaked. It doesn't seem to be as big (to us) as what people might think it is. Maybe we are immune to all of it because of everything that's happened. Maybe in 10 years we'll realize what it is.
crack good
It'll never be the same as it is here. It can never be the same, but we can have a good crack at it.
alright couple gone heard months square
I think I'm alright as a lyricist, you know? But then what will happen every couple of months or so is that I'll hear a song I've never heard before and feel I've gone right back to square one.
confines
Sometimes I don't want to be in the confines of what a band seems to provide.
centers freer good imagination perhaps york
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.
five grab sit
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.
gigs
I get nervous about gigs sometimes, but not with records - I always get excited.
romantic
I am a romantic fool, no doubt about that.