James Blunt chats to I Like Music
ILM: Last time we spoke you told us that Goodbye My Lover was your favourite to record because you were in Carrie Fishers bathroom very stoned!! And the producer sat in the corner throughout the entire recording process asking to be taken to hospital..... have you had any similar experiences making this record?
JAMES: Nothing quite so strange as that. I had my band and we recorded a live album this time round. All five of us in a room recorded it live, which I enjoyed.
ILM: Your album debuted at Number 1 in 17 countries and has sold almost three million worldwide. 'Back To Bedlam was the best-selling album of the millennium. Do you have time to enjoy the journey and smell the roses and appreciate your success? What ambitions do you still have left to achieve?
JAMES: Success gets me on the road. It gets me touring. From being in the studio doing work, going out on tour, it's amazing. I really enjoy that. Being in a bus for about a year, we have a great time. There is something really real about being on a tour bus, playing your music; you are a real musician doing music. That is what I find amazing. Sometimes music gets swept under the carpet by the industry side of things. It becomes about the image and perception, the posturing and the posing and the competition between different musicians and the charts and the number of units it has sold. But music is about a language between humans and it connects us, it is about emotions.
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