“It's silly to call me the new Ed Sheeran. He can fill stadiums as a solo artist, but I'm not like that.”

—  James Bay

[Adrian Thrills, 2015-03-20, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3003529/Shy-Brit-Taylor-Swift-swoon-Singer-songwriter-James-Bay-lives-expectations-diverse-robust-debut-album.html, James Bay's Chaos And The Calm lives up to expectations, Daily Mail Online, dailymail.co.uk, 2018-08-25]

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