A biography for Jack Savorettihasn’t been written yet.
“I'm a Mediterranean boy at heart.”
“When kids start out in this business and they get success really quickly, they often have no idea why, or how, and sometimes they happen to believe it's because they are great, which is never usually the answer!”
“I used to play sports, and I loved football, but I used to get scared before a match.”
“Surround yourself with people who allow you the time to really discover what kind of a musician you truly are.”
“Singer-songwriters should be playing songs that aren't background music.”
“I wanted to be Rick Danko for most of my life despite the fact that I didn't play the bass!”
“I occasionally brag, but that is not always met with charm.”
“Glasgow is a home away from home in the U.K.”
“I have a daughter who is the strongest environmentalist I've ever met in my life, and god forbid I put a foot wrong.”
“Lots of the time when I do find that real bond from a male audience I've noticed a lot of it is about songs that I've written about war or soldiers. I guess it's a start.”
“All of my coming-of-age experiences - my first crush, my first love - they all happened when I was on holiday in Italy as a kid.”
“I never wanted an actual job.”
“Growing up in Eighties London was great but also quite insular. You went to school, you went home, it was pretty mundane. But I associated Italy very much with holidays. It was this colourful, magical, vibrant place with smells that I wasn't used to.”
“I was very lucky to be able to hang out with Paul McCartney for two hours and he's just an absolute legend.”
“It's the people around you who define your career.”
“I'm so excited I got to co-write with Bob Dylan. It was very special.”
“You couldn't show up to a session with Quincy Jones in your flip flops and jeans and a T shirt - that wouldn't happen. You wore your best suit, your best hat.”
“The reason I liked music because it wasn't competitive. I definitely have a show-off side to me, but that's not why I do it. I like the expressive side, and sometimes I think with mainstream music it's just about what you see, not necessarily what you're listening to.”
“I didn't want to be one of those artists who is surrounded by stylists and whose career is entirely dependent on whether or not a record executive liked me.”
“It's great to go to theme parks but going to an arboretum with small children is incredible.”