Albert HammondJr I’ve got my advanced scuba diving license. I’m playing tennis and exercising. I ride my bike everywhere. I’ve been finding new things. I’ve been more creative in music and doing different videos. And just meeting different people and being around and present. I’m wonderful when I’m just on nothing. – Albert Hammond, Jr
Albert HammondJr That’s the purpose of creative stuff: when you really love what you do, you have to know at some point, or points, you’re not going to be good at it. That’s just the process of learning. I can edit it and try to be as perfect as I can, but I’m still going to have my vulnerable spots and my weaknesses. – Albert Hammond, Jr
Albert HammondJr I think the last book I cried in was Patti Smith’s ‘Just Kids.’ I don’t shy away from crying, though. I actually really enjoy being moved like that. – Albert Hammond, Jr
Albert HammondJr Sometimes you wanna be James Bond, and sometimes you wanna be Marlon Brando until you realize you can’t be either! – Albert Hammond, Jr
Albert HammondJr When you write songs, you’re writing little bits here, little bits there. – Albert Hammond, Jr
Albert HammondJr I feel like I always describe myself as a late bloomer. My first album, in my mind, was that I had a few songs I needed to take from incomplete demos to working with someone else and finishing them. – Albert Hammond, Jr
Albert HammondJr I grew up with The Beatles, Bob Marley and Talking Heads. I like the melody-with-rhythm aspect of music – there’s so much to discover still. – Albert Hammond, Jr
Albert HammondJr I feel like you listen your whole life, so when you are in the studio, your references are all the songs and music that you know. It just depends on where the songs are going and what attracts you at the moment. – Albert Hammond, Jr
Albert HammondJr I don’t think I found out what I liked to wear until I was, like, 18. – Albert Hammond, Jr
Albert HammondJr Little moments of excitement shape the sound of a record. You don’t have anything, and then you start to have little parts that give you the energy to move forward because you start to see something. – Albert Hammond, Jr
Albert HammondJr I feel like that’s what being creative is: It’s you bouncing with emotion and what you capture in those bounces. Accept where you are and use it. – Albert Hammond, Jr