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Teddy Thompson Biography

Teddy Thompson (born 19 February 1976) is a British folk and rock musician. He is the son of folk-rock musicians Richard and Linda Thompson and brother of singer Kamila Thompson. He released his first album in 2000.

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I'm a hybrid-genre person, which a lot of people find confusing. I grew up listening to American country music and rock n' roll made between 1955 and 1959. The Everly Brothers and Chuck Berry were my first musical loves and are still what I am most moved by. Roy Orbison came a little bit later.

1959, American, Brother, Country, Rocks, Roy

The songs are definitely all about me. I am my favourite subject.

Definitely, Favourite, Song, Songs, Subject, Subjects

Everyone's different, but it was fun for me to work with Garth Hudson. He's from 'The Band. ' They are a massive influence, that was a big thrill. He's completely out of his mind.

Big, Different, Fun, Garth, Mind

I don't try to stop myself from becoming too personal. I just put it all out there. If anything, I try to remind myself to be as honest as possible all the time. Why hold back?

Honest, Personal, Possible, Time, Trying

I do think it's probably true to a certain extent that you tend to sing music that fits your voice. If you're Lou Reed, you're unlikely to become a country singer.

Country, Probably, Sing, Thinking, Voice

I'm never worried about being upstaged. I love to have the best, most individual people come in and see if we hit on something.

Hit, Individual, Love, People, Worried

My career could've been anything, I just wasn't that good at other things. I'd say it was fairly easy starting out as I did in LA, meeting some great friends and musicians and landing a record deal. That's where the hard work began though.

Deal, Great Friend, Hard Work, Landing, Musician, Say

I love the sad songs with their maudlin, self-deprecating, almost funny lyrics. As an Englishman, they make a lot of sense.

Englishmen, Make, Maudlin, Sad, Self, Song

Internet radio stations like KCRW do take you everywhere, yet thats just one of a hundred small things you have to do to succeed. It used to be, if you just got on the cover of Rolling Stone and a spotlight on The Tonight Show, that was enough.

Kcrw, Radio, Rolling, Small, Succeed, Tonight

I come from a place where there's a lot of musical families.

Come, Families, Musical, Place

Even for the people in the business who are real music lovers it's really about putting things in the right boxes, and my style doesn't fit into a box.

Fit, People, Real, Right, Style

For a long time I was trying to be poppier and younger. I didn't want to be on public radio or do any of that stuff for older people. Then I realized that that is exactly what I listen to.

Long, People, Poppier, Radio, Trying, Younger

It's what is strange about doing a job that is also the thing you love, the thing you feel passionate about. People get to the point where they're burned out and disillusioned by the whole thing because when things aren't going well at work it also means they aren't going well in your heart, in your soul. They're all wrapped up together.

Heart, Jobs, Mean, Passionate, People, Things

I came from a folk-family background. Although we weren't really the all-singing, all-dancing-around-the-piano folkies or anything like that, there is that idea of singing and playing with your parents and your family and your cousins.

Cousin, Folkies, Ideas, Like, Parents, Piano

There's this bubblegum pop thing which is prevalent now that we haven't had before. People's ears are slightly de-tuned; they've been exposed to this weird synthetic, implausibly upbeat, Mickey Mouse stuff which I think is just weird; it's not really a human sound.

Exposed, Human, People, Sound, Thinking, Weird

Most artists never get a chance to be Picasso, but that doesn't mean you would stop painting.

Artist, Artists, Chance, Mean, Painting, Stop

I used to listen to my dad a lot as a way of trying to be close to him, as well, because my parents were divorced and I didnt spend that much time with him. I used to put head phones on and listen to my dad talk and sing and kind of had a weird bonding in a way.

Dad, Listen, Parent, Trying, Weird

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