A biography for James Mercerhasn’t been written yet.
“The thing that inspires me most is empathizing with people's flaws and seeing how they deal with them. That sort of connection you feel with someone when you realize that maybe even the negative things that they've said or done are because of insecurities or injuries they've endured.”
“I sit and write songs alone and then get together with people to help me flesh it out into a recording.”
“My dad was a Navy munitions officer, and by the end of his career, he was a specialist in nuclear weapons.”
“I'm trying to avoid having regrets about missing opportunities. That would be the worst thing. Like having an audience waiting, and not working hard enough, and coming out with a record that disappointed them.”