Jem Quotes
"The setup I have is very small. The keyboard that I had for
a long time since I was 13 was a K1. I also had a Roland Porta and
that’s what I recorded on. Oh and I had some dodgy drum machine
which I still have but don't use anymore. I think I was caught rapping
once but I don't think I'll be doing that again."
"The songs just come out of my head structured, like, really
structured. Probably more structured than they should. I should ease
up on my structuring! They always come out verse, bridge, chorus, verse,
bridge, chorus, middle eight, chorus, end. Which is really structured
right? I think sub consciously a lot of pop music has come into my
brain."
"Well one thing I didn't realise until recently was that
I think it comes from being Welsh that's driven me. I mean I didn't
realise
that being Welsh gives you something coz when I went to college, people
just take the piss out of the Welsh all the time and I think you get
a bit like, 'Right!' "
"The law degree, even though I didn't want to be a lawyer,
that's pretty huge. Just learning a certain way of thinking is really
important
- that helped me with my record deal. That I think is a really good
tool. Basically it's just about having a brain and my head screwed
on because if you have that and then you know what you want, then you
can stand up to people."
"I get inspired by Buddhist philosophy. Well if you take
something like that it's interesting because it's not really religion,
it's more
like lifestyle and kind of self help so there's things you can read
into that which can be relevant to everyone. 'Save Me' for example,
that's a song about having a crazy mind and how to calm it down and
so that came from that."
Jem Quick Facts
Born : Jemma Griffiths, Cardiff, 19something - anyone know?
Desperate : Houswives, the cult TV show, features her music
Celebrity : Love Island, a rubbish reality TV show uses her song 'Wish
I' as its title music
Graduated : from Sussex University with a law degree
Jem Discography
• 2004 Finally Woken #197 US, #9 UK
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