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

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

" 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. "

" When I got my first publishing deal, I felt some responsibility to try to write with the people that they were asking me to write with. "

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

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

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

" The first time I did everything was in Paisley - the first time I went to the pictures or the bowling or the ice rink or the swimming baths. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" You walk with a different air if you're wearing something sharp. "

" 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. "

" 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! "

" Some people have just got a capacity for creativity that's unbelievable! "

" 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. "

" Racism is one of the worst forms of torture because it's directed at something you never asked for and something you can't change. "

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

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

" Touring can be really tiring. I can get homesick, and I spend a lot of time on my phone. "

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

" One of my ambitions is to move to Tuscany. I like the idea of getting a vineyard. I love being under the sun and being casual and comfortable. That's my idea of heaven. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "