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" I got my first laptop, what I learned to do everything on, when I was 17 or 18, and I had no idea what I was doing. I'd only ever produced on an 8-track before. When I was about 13 and writing songs, I would write on that. It would literally be eight tracks, and that's all I had. "

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" I didn't do myself any favours. I would be resentful of my own ideas even before I'd said them out loud. But music was always the most consistent and peaceful thing for me. So I taught myself to be my harshest critic rather than just a mean voice in the back of my head. "

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Peaceful

Myself

Voice

" With the BBC Sound list, it's just humbling even being put aside those other musicians - people like Alicia Kava, who I am a huge fan of. "

" I get inspired by the sounds that evoke an emotion from me. That's what I am drawn to; that's what turns me on. "

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" Festivals are the best because you can't control anything, and for a control freak like me, that's a wonderful experience. "

" The 'Remnants' EP was the first time I got to really explore myself as a producer, and I got the insane idea of doing it on my own in my future career. "

" I've purposely made my music to be challenging and different. There's some electronics, R&B, blues, Motown, country, jazz and lots of soul. "

" My mission is to just keep creating music. If it helps people in some way, then I'm doing the right thing. "

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People

Doing The Right Thing

Music

" With every milestone that I've come across, there's always been a little note at the bottom that's said, 'Don't worry, there's another milestone coming up.' "

" I've been naturally quick at learning things, and I learn by doing things, so if I sit beside someone who is actively doing something, I look at how they do it and absorb the way in which they do something and find my own comfortable way of reimagining that, or using certain techniques in my own way. "

" I grew up with parents who really encouraged me to listen to as much music as I could. "

Jack Garratt

Music

Listen

" I wish I was a prolific writing wondrous boy genius - I wish I was Stevie Wonder - but I wasn't. I was me. I wrote terrible songs about girls I was head-over-heels about. As soon as a pretty girl looks at me, that's it - I'm in love, and I should probably write a song about it! "

" The most important thing for me is to have as much control over what's going on in front of me as I possibly can, so because of that, I don't play to a click track, and I don't have anything on the grid. Everything is triggered by me. Everything is played by me. Everything is within my control. "

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Important

Play

" I would sing around the house, and I would always play on things just because instruments were always there, but I didn't show any genius as a child. I wasn't a prodigy or anything like that. "

" I spent my entire childhood going 'look at me, look at me, look at me,' before realising I needed someone to look at me for more than just what I was showing off for. "

Jack Garratt

Someone

Childhood

" I genre-hop quite a lot. I love manipulating genre and deconstructing it and making it irrelevant. Genreless music is great because it means you get to write in any genre that you like. "

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Love

Music

" I've always found myself to be most free and creatively open when I'm on my own. "

" Performing outside is always kind of strange. Usually, you can't hear something, whether it's your voice or instrument, but it's a fun challenge. "

" The best music is the music which brings out something of you that you didn't know was there before, or you did know was there but had avoided. "

" I find myself working ten steps ahead of where I actually am on my laptop or keyboard, but I know what the ten steps are. I just haven't got to them yet. "

" I don't listen to much music on the go because I tend either to be writing my own music or wanting a break from the music around me. "

" I like making sounds and putting it together, I'm not just a singer or a producer. "

" I got to a point when I was 20 that I dropped out of university because I felt I didn't have any purpose, and I wanted to find a fire in me. "

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Purpose

University

" The thing that was most constant when I was growing up was just complete support and adoration from my parents. "

" My mum would play Stevie Wonder around the house, and I remember just loving the songs and feeling so blown away by how much was going on. "