A biography for Jack Garratthasn’t been written yet.
“Lyrics are really, really hard, I think, or at least they're really hard for me. Some people can channel lyrics faster. I find them very hard to find, so because of it, they take me a long time, and I really think about them.”
“I will have a playlist ready that I'll play out to the audience before I walk on stage, and I'll listen to that same playlist in the room, so by the time I walk on stage, I'm in the same frame of mind the audience is.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I want my music to sound good on whatever people are listening - laptop speakers, those crappy little white ones you get with your PC.”
“I wanted to create a body of work that I was proud of. It's come from honesty and integrity, without forcing anything from myself, the ideas had to come instinctively and organically. Whether that translates to people in that way, it's kind of out of my hands now.”
“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 studied at university for a term and a day, and then I dropped out.”
“For me, creating music is just as relaxing as sitting down and doing nothing.”
“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.'”
“My guitar setup is inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan.”
“Music has always been part of my family's life. My brother, sister, and I all have the same ability to pick up an instrument and play.”
“I find it really difficult to turn my head off. I find it difficult to zone out.”
“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.”
“Genre hopping is something I intend to do, and I intend to do it forever and ever because I think genres are boring.”
“I saved up my pocket money when I was about five or six years old. I just wanted to buy a CD, and at that age, I didn't care about what it was, and I ended up buying 'The Teletubbies Say 'Eh-Oh!'' I started off strong.”
“Every single pair of trousers I own has a plectrum in it.”
“People don't want to hear the same song 12 times in a row on an album.”
“Who am I to sit here and say I'm going to change the face of music?”
“It's amazing to be nominated for the Brits' Critics' Choice Award 2016. It's such a significant award that highlights the importance of new music, so it's a genuine honour to have been nominated alongside some other incredible new acts from the U.K.”