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I never looked at being a musician any different than waking up one day and wanting to be an accountant or a lawyer.

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James Vincent McMorrow
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: January 14
Singer-Songwriter
Dublin city
Musician
Looked
Different
Never
Accountant
Accountants
Waking
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Lawyer

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You play a couple of shows, and these label guys come - and they leave halfway through a show. Then the phone calls just stop. And your heart is broken.
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Sometimes my hands they don’t feel like my own I need someone to love, I need someone to hold.
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I'm an introspective human being and someone who likes to be alone in a room. The idea of going out and talking to people...there's something appealing about it, but also there's something that feels alien to me, as a cynical Irish man.
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I never was the front man in any bands I played in when I was in college, and I always learned music by myself at home.
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I approach every show from the same fundamental perspective: this is a conversation, and my job is to make people leave the show feeling like they've seen something singular. It's not about smashing someone over the head from the jump-off.
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Food in Dublin has gotten immeasurably better than it was. When I was a kid, there weren't a lot of options. Now you're overwhelmed with options.
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