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" A lot of people have been very dismissive of me. I'm hardly the darling of the NME. It used to get me down a bit, but you reach a point where you can laugh it off. "

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" With the first album, there was a lot of angst. I was very naive. I thought I was on top of the whole thing, but I really didn't know what I was getting into. "

Paolo Nutini

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" Sometimes people don't know what is behind the words they use. But an innocent little remark at school can affect you later in life. "

" I went through a phase of buying a lot of masks, as anyone who has been to a party at the house will testify. "

" I left school just shy of 17: I'd started going into touring and that situation. "

" I'm in the highest bracket. There's no way that a 22-year-old should be hit for that amount of money when he's got his whole life ahead of him. "

" All of a sudden, my picture's in the paper, or I'm making a music video, and it's still the most surreal experience. I thought you could learn, and you would acclimatise, but I really haven't. "

" I'm always looking for people to play the songs to. "

" Sometimes the last thing you want to do is to go on stage and bare your soul in front of hundreds of complete strangers. Singing the same songs night after night can remind you of things you'd rather forget. "

" When you've displayed a weakness, you've displayed something a person can grab a hold of and attack you there. If you're not ashamed of it, who can make you feel bad about it? Nobody. If you make a mistake, at least you get to see them, identify them, acknowledge them and hopefully remedy them. "

" My father was very encouraging. "

" The songs are just an attempt to document what's been happening in my life. If people can relate to what's going on with me, then that's great. "

Paolo Nutini

Life

My Life

" I am not steeped in all that angst. I'm never going to be Sid Vicious. "

Paolo Nutini

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Angst

" You should have something to say, an idea you want to get out, and if you don't, just get out of the way, 'cause there's so many great musicians and writers that are in the queue. "

" I like to record something pretty much as soon as I have an idea for a song, but I'm on so many buses, I have to record on my mobile. "

" Politicians have an arrogance that I just do not understand. I've seen more constructive debates in high school. "

" It's a sacred thing, but I do want to get married. I'd love that. "

" I write on the acoustic guitar, I write some on the piano, but I've been messing around with these guitar pedals and drum machines, educating myself in that world. "

" When I've got time off, my feet get itchy really quickly. "

" None of us don't have a vice. "

Paolo Nutini

Vice

None

" I try not to get too self-absorbed. "

" Really, if you've got people who want you to play, you play. "

" Sometimes when you get frustrated, your back is against the wall, and you come out fighting and knock out three songs in as many days. "

" The success was a difficult thing for me to get my head round. When it gets too much, I just have to disappear - to sort my head. "

" The people I admire are Tim Buckley and John Martyn - singers that grew into themselves and were honest. John Martyn is one of the great soul singers because soul is not a genre; it's a feeling. "

" I never, ever thought I would get to say I was opening a show for the Bay City Rollers. "

" My songwriting... it's almost like a kind of self-therapy. "

Paolo Nutini

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Songwriting

" People make you feel like a bad guy for asking for seven quid for your album, like you are slapping them in the face, when they'll go and pay two grand for a scarf somebody knitted in a sweat shop and stitched a designer label on. "

" My inspiration for songs is just everyday life. I just write down words about things that have happened to me, people I've met. "

" Charts and learning the politics behind making a record - it's pretty soulless. "

" I think it was definitely a love for the four- or five-part vocal male harmony groups that really took me away. I'd always try and be, like, the fifth Drifter; I'd always try and find another harmony that wasn't there. "

Paolo Nutini

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