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" A lot of places think that bigger is better. It's like consumerism is taking everything over. "

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" Maybe it's the way that I do music, but I was never in a cool indie band or hung out with all the cool arty kids when I came to London. "

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

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

" My father was very encouraging. "

" 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. "

" Whatever I do, I like to be the one doing it. I don't just like to get someone in to run it and put a name to it. "

" Always wash your hands, and always tell the truth. "

" 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. "

" When life hands you melons, eat them. "

" The more I watch politicians in action, it just makes me angry. "

" I don't mind being criticised, but hearing yourself described as the next James Blunt - that hurts. "

" I'm not seeking for answers; I just want to tell stories and state my opinion. "

" I was lucky to move around different cultures at an early age and have experience of different lifestyles. "

" When I think of Paisley, I think of everything that has shaped my life. "

" I don't want to slip into Johnny Borrell mode. I don't want to be singing that there's nothing on TV, nothing on the radio. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Music is probably one of the most honest things out there - it's feral. "

" Just remember that if you've lost something, you will be open to something else. "

" When things get too grand or too big, I struggle to keep up with it all. "

" It's not about someone making a difference on their own; it's about everybody pulling together to make a difference. "

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" As I'm getting older, I work out what I want and what I need. And I just need to go home and see the people I love and write. "

" Music is a good way to channel your fragile, vulnerable, needy side, but it's also something to rejoice in. "

" 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. "

" As a kid, I loved to sing along to the Drifters and Otis Redding. "

" I remember I wanted to be Zorro, but I also wanted to be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. I obviously had ideas above my station. "

" I don't discriminate when it comes to melon. I'm very open-minded. I really don't mind; I can't say I like any one better than the other. You can put them all in! A little melon mix salad, and I'm just in heaven. "

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

" You don't want to go and make something, then go out and do shows, if you're not really into it. You don't want to go out there and make people feel like you're grudging playing them a song. That's a disturbing thought. "