James Blunt: 'I'm a big partyer'

By Stone Martindale Feb 7, 2007, 17:25 GMT

British singer James Blunt is not a stiff! EPA/DENIS EMERY

Lest anyone think that singer James Blunt is a stiff in real life, he is here to reassure his fans he does indeed enjoy a gangsta lifestyle.

"Everyone thinks I'm this quiet singer-songwriter who stays at home every night. I've never been that person. I'm a big partyer," Blunt tells the new issue of Life, available in newspapers across the U.S. on Friday, February 9th.

Blunt was blunt about his creative process: "I drink a lot. I do. And I go to a quiet place and start writing. I'm not an observer, [songs come from] something I've experienced or felt. The last two years will have a place on the next record."

Blunt dished on fame and fortune too. "The notion of fame is such a distraction from what I do. And it's unhealthy when we have things like war and global warming going on. We need to adjust the balance."

Ironically he added to the magazine interview: "Stop producing magazines that publish pictures of celebrities jumping out of cars with no underwear on."

Blunt discusses being stationed in Kosovo in 1999: "At the time, I was very cynical and thought it was just a way to make Tony Blair look good as a statesman. But when I got there, it made sense. It didn't matter what Tony Blair thought--we were trying to save people's lives."

Will there be a Mrs. Blunt and sprogues? "I have friends who are married with children, who say 'Gosh, haven't you done well.' And I'm thinking, No, it's you who has done well... Who knows? Maybe I'll try my luck."