The 2014 BRIT Awards were held on 19 February 2014. I was watching to see if I could get inspired for my pages and it turns out I did, when rock group Arctic Monkeys were called up to collect their award for winning the best album, I was amazed to see how lead singer, guitarist and sole songwriter Alex Turner led his group up the stage, took the award and delivered his acceptance speech. The arrogance he had, the confidence made me think I should assign those type of attributes for my main artist when I began to start my pages.
What I liked in particular with the speech was the way he had control with everything, the spotlight was on him and like a typical rock star he oozed confidence and showed no care, he stayed true to himself and didn't compromise, using metaphors to describe his true feelings, showing signs of his complex nature.
His speech
"That rock and roll, it just won't go away. It might hibernate from time to time and sink back into the swamp. I think the cyclical nature of the universe in which it demands it adheres to some of its rules. But it's always waiting there, just around the corner, ready to make its way back through the sludge and smash through the glass ceiling looking better than ever. It seems like its fading away sometimes. But it will never die. And there's nothing you can do about it."
What I found even more fascinating was at the end of all that he had the audacity to say:
"Invoice me for the microphone if you need to..."
Turner holds his right arm out vertically, drops the microphone, and walks off.
This particular moment of the night inspired me to build my artist around Alex Turner, the confidence of the character, the arrogance but most of all, the intelligence.
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