Sam Fender Quotes

I think I’m the last generation that remembers life before the smartphone. I’m going to be one of them old geezers going, ‘You know, when I was a kid, we used to play with sticks.’

I’m asking questions that most people are asking, but just putting a melody or a song to it.

I’m a horrendous cook; my mum does my meals. I can only cook beans on toast with cheese.

I was probably the only kid in school that had long hair.

Pretty much every prime minister since I can remember has made me mad.

The thing about Springsteen, his music, although he‘s writing about, you know, New Jersey and Asbury Park, all of them places, it’s blue-collar towns that, like – it’s similar to Newcastle, where I’m from.

It’s impossible to let fame go to your head when you still live in North Shields in a flat with your mum.

I would cry if I met Bruce Springsteen, man. I don’t think I’d be able to handle it.

I’ve got a band that I tour with, and they’re not session musicians; they’re my friends.

Me and my mates are very, very close. We all talk about our problems – especially as we’ve got older. But I don’t think a lot of people have that.

Back in the day, you could have a crap gig, and nobody would film you. Now, everybody‘s got an iPhone – you have a bad day, and it’s going on the Internet.

The negative effects of greedy politicians have haunted the north-east for years; it’s very apparent.

I remember specifically, for me, as a kid growing up or as a young teenager, if I ever cried or got upset in front of anybody, I would be so humiliated.

I’m relentless when it comes to writing and recording.

I’ll always just be stupid boy, and I’m happy with that.

A lot of my songs are just posing questions, because I’m on a journey to find the answers myself.

I put enough pressure on myself already – I can sit here and work myself into an anxiety-filled breakdown without worrying what everyone else is going to think.

I think honesty is an important thing when writing a song. If you can’t sing it with conviction, then no-one else is going to believe it.

I’m not an expert on politics, but there’s a bunch of bad people at the top who care about lining their own pockets before creating a society that looks after the vulnerable.

The Cure wrote ‘Boys Don’t Cry,’ and it’s the same today: as a boy, you’re not meant to show your emotions, but if you don’t have a job or any prospects, you’re going to be depressed, and it will be much worse if you can’t express that. I hate the term because it’s become a buzzword, but it’s toxic masculinity.

I’m hopelessly addicted to Instagram.

I’m so grateful to everyone back home for believing, and to my band and team for all their hard work.

I write all my own songs, so if it goes wrong, I don’t co-write anything. It’s all going to fall on me.

I write from the perspective of an early 20s kid who is trying to grasp an idea of what the hell is going on.

My brother was a drummer, and he was always, like, smashing the kit around when I was a kid, and my dad was, like, one of them old musicians, and he played in, like, loads of different bands in the ’70s and ’80s. Him and my brother were kind of like my main inspirations.