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

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" My best mates when I was 19 were all in their 30s. I used to go to all their house parties, and they were crazier than the guys who were 17, 18. They were so much more liberated than the people who were apparently shackle-free. "

" I like to indulge all the facets of my personality. There's none that I don't think, in a way, I would want to take away from. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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've never had anything as formal as vocal lessons. "

" Love is music, and music is home. "

" I'm not one to go down that road to say I have some kind of social consciousness. "

" 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 know some bands that are precious about their new ideas. They're conscious of the fact that people can - even from mobile phones - begin to get clearer and better recordings of the songs... so they're a lot more hesitant to play them. "

" I'm at the point of view that I have to look after myself in various levels. "

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

" I've always enjoyed the bohemia of Paisley. "

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

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

" That's the good thing about music: you can sing about people's lives in its stages and feelings. Some songs can put something in context that you couldn't. They can free your mind or can make you think or can be redeeming. "

" I'm neither here nor there about this Lady Gaga, but she's clearly very passionate about her poker face. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" One of the best things I get to do is meet people that have been to the shows and listened to the music. I still don't indulge in the social media side of things, so that's my way of starting conversations - actually hearing people talk. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I thought about going onto the first one, Pop Idol. My mum was saying, 'Go on!' But I decided not to. 'The X Factor,' though, doesn't really seem to be a show about musical talent anymore. "