Jamie Cullum
Jamie Cullum
Jamie Cullumis an English jazz-pop singer-songwriter. Although he is primarily a vocalist/pianist, he also accompanies himself on other instruments including guitar and drums. Since April 2010, he has been presenting a weekly jazz show on BBC Radio 2, broadcast on Tuesdays from 19:00...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionJazz Singer
Date of Birth20 August 1979
ambition grow
My only ambition is to grow as a musician.
absolute affected allen became bit drawn fitted interest jazz mixture movies music perhaps watching wearing woody wrong
I was an absolute idiot, wearing polo-necks, reading Kerouac, watching Woody Allen movies, and jazz fitted right into all of that. My interest in that whole world became very genuine, but perhaps started off a bit affected - a mixture of right and wrong reasons. I was always drawn to non-commercial music, perhaps pathologically so.
playing supposed
I never use a piano stool. I always use a drum stool. Because I feel that when you're down there, you're playing in that way you're supposed to. I like to be above it.
bare bones demands middle mostly studio tame time wander
Now I have other demands on my time that are not flexible, I just can't wander into the studio at 2 A.M. like I used to. If I have an idea in the middle of the night, I will go and get the bare bones down, but mostly you can learn to tame it to your needs.
buying either longer records time tour
I'm no longer a shoeaholic, but I used to be. I used to spend all my time on tour either buying records or shoes.
born cooking country earliest exotic food indian quite reflected side spicy version
My mother was born in Burma, but my grandfather on her side was Indian-Spanish. So I have this quite exotic mix, which is reflected in my earliest memories, in our Wiltshire country kitchen, of gran, and aunts, cooking spicy stewy, casseroley curries, a version of Indian food with a Burmese twist.
album copies defined four hoping million public sold
It's a blessing and a curse when your first big public album does so well. 'Twentysomething' sold four million copies - I think we were hoping to sell 80,000. And it's still selling. In some ways, you'll always be defined by that.
artist long different
I'd like to make music for a long time, and all different types of music. Maybe I'll start my own label to get other artists off the ground.
school thinking add
I used to drum on the table at school. I think a handful of my school reports say that they thought I might have some kind of ADD.
men trying sound
I'd be worried if I was put in the same category as Michael Bubl I'm trying to sound like a young man, for starters.
voice watches singers
Lizzy Parks. Check this out, this is brilliantShe is a fantastic jazz singer definitely one to watch from now on, she’s got a great voice and she’s a great songwriter as well
magic looks ordinary
When I look back on my ordinary, ordinary life, I see so much magic, though I missed it at the time.
paper trouble plenty
I get into plenty of trouble. It just doesn't seem to get picked up by the papers.
love-is playing-music pure-love
My pure love is playing music.