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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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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! "

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

" Paisley offered me and my family a life, way back, and it has continued to do so. "

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

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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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