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" 'Astral Weeks' is a brilliant album, and songs like 'Moondance' are just beautiful lyrically. "

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" When you open your mind up, and you go into a creative state, you can't just switch if off. When you have an idea, a creative impulse, and then you ignore it, it can keep you up when you just want to go to your bed - which is why it's great to have voice recorders on your phone! "

" To be honest, the first time round, I didn't think 'Fame Academy' was the worst premise in the world. You got people on, and they would write songs and develop themselves as artists. But then, instead of getting a little bit more credible, it got a little bit more ridiculous. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If you're going to call yourself a musician, you have to go out and make music. "

" I've always got a notepad on or a voice recorder recording ideas. "

" My father was very encouraging. "

" I just want people to leave a show and go, 'That was the most rockin' show I've ever seen.' I hope people can just roll with me a little bit - you know? "

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

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

" When you're waking up every day, and it's all about you, I don't consider that to be a way to live your life if you can help it. I think people who know me know that I find time to enjoy myself and not take life - or myself - too seriously at all. "

" I get nervous all the time. Both on and off stage. You just hope it turns into adrenaline. "

" It's all a progression towards hopefully one day making a record that can be the definitive you can offer. Some bands come in with that at first, and the great bands never really stray from that. I want to earn my stripes. "

" I love melon! I don't love melon; that's a bit... Melon's my favorite fruit. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I only became interested in clothes when I was in my mid-teens. I'd do things like spike my hair and put on a nice shirt, but I'd hardly call myself fashion-conscious. I just don't have the energy. "

" I started to learn some common sense. Even just sort of day-to-day things. I started to cook a little bit more and try to learn to fix things around the house. If something breaks down, rather than call a guy, there's got to be more I can do. "

" I come from Paisley, the same town as David Sneddon, who won 'Fame Academy.' When he was late for his homecoming reception in the town hall, they held an impromptu talent show. I ended up singing some songs, and that's how I was discovered. "

" The first record I was really into was the Drifters' 'When My Little Girl Is Smiling.' "

" 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. "

" When life hands you melons, eat them. "

" My parents worked very hard for me and my sister. "

" 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. "