Julian Miles Holland Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Julian Miles "Jools" Holland, OBE, DL (born 24 January 1958) is an English pianist, bandleader, singer, composer and television presenter. He was a founder of the band Squeeze and his work has involved him with many artists including Sting, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, George Harrison, David Gilmour, Magazine and Bono.Holland is a published author and appears on television shows besides his own and contributes to radio shows. In 2004, he collaborated with Tom Jones on an album of traditional R&B music. Since 1992, he has hosted Later... with Jools Holland, a music-based show aired on BBC2, on which his annual show Hootenanny is based. He also regularly hosts the weekly programme Jools Holland on BBC Radio 2, which is a mix of live and recorded music and general chat and features studio guests, along with members of his orchestra.
Derek Holland, June Holland, Eindhoven, Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, Groningen, Netherlands
Siblings
Christopher Holland, Richard Edward Holland, Eindhoven, Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, Groningen, Netherlands
Music Groups
Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, Squeeze, The The, Eindhoven, Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, Groningen, Netherlands
Nominations
British Academy Television Craft Award for Sound - Fiction, NME Award for Best TV Show, 9. Episode 9, 8. Episode 8, 7. Episode 7
Movies
Eindhoven, Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, Groningen, Netherlands, Spice World, Me and Orson Welles, Oil City Confidential, Later ... with Jools Holland: Legends, Mark Knopfler: A Night in London
Star Sign
Aquarius
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If anyone wants to write anything snidey about Bob Geldof they'd better remember what he's done.
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[on Solomon Burke] The things he made up were based on a deep-rooted understanding of music and his church background. I remember him telling me the riff to Everybody Needs Somebody To Love was based on a riff he'd heard in church. To me, that was it: his genius was based in his humanity. He was a saintly man, but very funny too. He taught me two things. The first, music is 10 times better when you don't worry about it. The second, in his presence it was impossible not to learn to be more tolerant and kinder to your fellow inhabitants on planet Earth.
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[on Solomon Burke] His style influenced so many people - like Otis Redding, Van Morrison, lots of others. He was an originator, an inventor, like The Beatles or Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton. What was incredible was the fact that he wasn't studiously sitting in his garret trying to work things out, he was doing things that to him were effortless. When he wrote songs he was spontaneous.
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He can deliver a song so beautifully that he'll make you cry. (On Shane MacGowan)
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It would be great to have Bach in one corner, Bessie Smith in another, John Lennon in another. That's what I'd ideally like. A studio of the dead.
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I like to think of myself as Prince Charles's friend. He's a great fellow. There are always people trying to knock him but The Prince's Trust is one of the biggest supporters of young people in Britain.
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Early on with Squeeze we played the Hope & Anchor with U2. Three people turned up. Then two left. Then the last person left. That's the least-attended show I've ever done.
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The music industry is pretty cruel and horrid - that's what I'd tell young people. If you put the music first you should be alright. Put the other things - fame and all that stuff - aside, then you've got a chance of being OK. The music is the only thing to take seriously. The rest doesn't matter.
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Buying coffee at motorway services is the most extravagant thing I've done. It's £2.90 and horrible and you have to make it yourself - that's the most extravagant thing you'll ever buy.
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It's an entertainment show but I can't imagine the artists I like ever being on it. If you've got to ask someone about what you're doing, then why are you doing it? You should know what you're doing. You shouldn't listen to people's boring advice. Good luck to the people on it but it's more about the entertainment of seeing people burst into tears. It's not how I'd engage with music. (On The X Factor (2004))
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Sometimes when you see people play close-up you really appreciate how good they are - Paul Weller's one of those. Solomon Burke was brilliant when he came on. He died recently and he was my mate, he was the king of soul.
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I learned from Van Morrison and BB King that the first take is the best. It's about capturing a moment. It's the same as love's first kiss. If you try to do it again it doesn't work so well.
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It's a shame. We're only on 15 weeks a year but we could be on every night and fill it. You have to get the balance right - a legendary person, a new person, a popular musician, someone well known in their own field but not well known to the general public. People are going to live shows more, which is great. The more you listen to music the more you find out about it and the greater it becomes. It would be great if there were more shows like ours but I'm happy we're doing it.
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I'm the only man who dares to bring together Chas and Dave with Michael McDonald and Alison Moyet on the same record. It's the sound of joy.
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When I started on The Tube (1982), I realised I asked too many questions. Then I read this book by Commander Burt of Scotland Yard, who was the person who interrogated Nazi war criminals and got confessions out of all of them. His secret was to relax them and then say absolutely nothing. The person was so desperate to unburden themselves they just started talking.
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I think there's a view that only ghosts, lunatics and people on the sofa want to watch music programmes.
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Almost every group that is a success - The Beatles, Stones (The Rolling Stones), Oasis, Squeeze - they all start off with a drummer they have to sack and get another one in. You can get away with not being the best bassist or guitar player but the drummer has to be absolutely bang on it.
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He (Ringo Starr) is one of the greats. I've played with him and he can not only do the boom-splat pretty well but as soon as you start to boogie he locks into that. I can see why The Beatles snapped him up. He invented a load of stuff and is one of the most important drummers in history.
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On being awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) I am tremendously honoured to received this award and proud that the art of booge-ing has been officially recognised.
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Fact
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The first single he bought was "For Once In My Life" by Stevie Wonder.
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