James Morrison Chats To I Like Music #2

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James Morrison has just released the deluxe edition of his second album, 2008's Songs For You, Truths For Me. The follow up to his now platinum debut Undiscovered, featuring the huge hits You Give Me Something and Wonderful World.

Featuring two new songs, I Like Music caught up with James to chat about the deluxe edition of Songs For You, Truths For Me, working with Nelly Furtado on their hugely successful duet Broken Strings, how fame has affected his music and life since his early busking days and why he loves Daniel Merriweather!

"I Like Music because… it makes me feel good and it's a powerful thing to remind you of how you feel or what you want, and it reminds you of good times or people that you know." JEZ WILLIS, UTAH SAINTS

ILM: The deluxe edition of Songs For You, Truths For Me is out now, and comes with two brand new tracks, Get To You and On The Same Side. What's the story behind those new tracks?

James: They're not really like anything I've done before. I spent a little bit of time in between touring writing some songs. Just to break my back a bit for next time, so that I've got a little pot of songs I can look at. Those were the last two songs I wrote out of that time I spent writing. They're quite big sounding songs. I tried to write something that had a kind of universal sound. Get To You is about getting home, it's quite a simple message. I just tried to write how I feel really, I always do, otherwise you end up wasting time. They're definitely different, they're not like anything I'm going to do or anything I have done really. Well, they are obviously, they're by me! But they're of a certain time. I don't want them on the new album. I don't think I'll be going in that direction with the third album.

ILM: What are your current thoughts, ideas and inspirations for the third album?

James: I've got a rough idea in my head of what it's going to sound like but I can't explain what it is yet. It's too early! It's all going to come down to what I'm singing about and what the content is about. I haven't figured that out. I want to write songs people can relate to. I don't want to write a load of soppy songs about being a dad! I'd love to write some beautiful songs for my daughter, but it depends on how I can approach it. I still love great songs. I'm not going to write an album of weird, album tracks just because I've had songs on the radio. I also want to concentrate on making better music and not worry as much about singles as I have done before.

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