David Gray
David Gray
David Grayis an English singer-songwriter. Gray released his first studio album in 1993 and received worldwide attention after the release of White Ladder six years later. It was the first of three UK chart-toppers in six years for Gray, the latter two of which also made the Top 17 in the US. White Ladder became the fifth best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK. Gray has been nominated for four Brit Awards – twice for Best British Male...
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth13 June 1968
emotional creative together
In the creative act, you kind of reach down and look for things that will, when put together, create an emotional effect.
fall night cities
Night falling on the city Quite something to behold Don't it just look so pretty This disappearing world
I don't know what I want, but I know what I don't want: I don't want to just repeat myself.
life stars fall
There's nightingales calling, shooting stars falling, like jewels in the rain.
struggle
I find everything a struggle.
gray happened love money needed
And the film, This Year's Love (which Gray scored), supplied some of the money for it. Things just happened just when we needed them.
audiences feeling generous song wheel
It's not my song any more. It's very much the audience's song, so if I'm feeling generous I'll wheel it out one night.
issue
It can be a touchy issue for some people,
admit afraid bad blind changing chemicals clear crowd fool friday green head heart lights looking mistakes moving night nowhere open pushing red ridicule running rushing saturday seeing situations stations time turning tv wild wish
Friday night I'm going nowhere All the lights are changing green to red Turning over TV stations Situations running through my head Well looking back through time You know it's clear that I've been blind I've been a fool To ever open up my heart To all that jealousy, that bitterness, that ridicule Saturday I'm running wild And all the lights are changing red to green Moving through the crowd I'm pushing Chemicals all rushing through my bloodstream Only wish that you were here You know I'm seeing it so clear I've been afraid To tell you how I really feel Admit to some of those bad mistakes I've made
along fine increase line lose pass
It's often a fine line what increase you can pass along because if you go up too much, we'll lose the job.
feeling pass sing song
I only want to sing things that I can feel and if I don't have a feeling for a song ... then I'll pass it over,
writing emotional thinking
In terms of writing, I think something happens to you, and you think, "Oh I'm going to write about that. That's an emotional event." But obviously, if you keep going, and it's something you do with regularity, you've got to find other ways to write.
kissing advertising aids
Everything's stolen. Everything precious - be it a kiss, or be it James Brown - gets misappropriated to the aid of the advertising executives. So, an act of reclamation, somewhere else to be: that's what I want my music to be. Somewhere you can step into. A place.
rain fall gold
October's gold is dim — the forests rot, The weary rain falls ceaseless, while the day Is wrapped in damp.