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" I don't know if I've got the capacity for all of the creativity that I want to put out there, which is annoying and frustrating - it's kinda like torture. "

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

" I've met such amazing people in their 40s, in their 60s, 70s, and they completely bely their age on paper. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" Music can really help people, help individuals in beautiful ways. "

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

" Sometimes it's good to just sing and let the words come out. Whatever comes out is valid because it's what you were thinking. "

" 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. "

" The way you react to each challenge forms who you become. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

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" I've learned stuff, and I've forgotten stuff, but what I do know is that it really is all about the fans. "

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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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