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" I know this sounds weird, but I honestly believe music comes from the universe. Inspiration comes from the universe, and you drag it into your mind. "

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" I have to be honest: I think production is mad - exciting - because, of course, you're creating the record. When you're a singer, you're just singing. Creating the music, directing, and seeing where it's gonna go in production is very, very exciting. "

" It's a lot easier producing for people or being in the background, and they can take all the fire from the front. But in order to express the ideas that I have without any kind of contamination, I thought it would be a cool thing to be out front. "

" I don't see categories; I don't see styles - l see them all gelled together. And it was gospel that definitely helped me to do that. "

" You've got to live and die by your decisions. "

" Different cultures produce a different 'cool.' And your perception of 'cool' changes depending on where you are. "

" I actually tried to learn the dictionary at one point. It didn't work; I only got through the first few pages. "

" I never called myself an urban artist, but that's what I was classed as, and I almost tried to live up to the name instead of who I really was. "

" I got into music through just being inspired by my brother and sisters. They all sing, play instruments and write - and they're very good at it. "

" One thing I always really enjoyed about Quincy Jones' production technique was that there were so many layers to every song. Like, one week you'd hear a new trumpet-line, then the next week you'd hear - be hearing a new guitar-line. "

" You get so close to your own music that you can't see the beauty in it. I had to learn to let go. It's good to be less precious. "

" The first tour an artist does is a strange one... because you can never tell how the audience is going to react. "

" I'm a musical geek. It's like there's this big, wild universe in my head, and I love to express it. "

" I really enjoy 'festival life,' as it were, and I love the reactions when I bring out my guitar on stage. The crowd are always a bit like, 'What the hell is this urban guy doing with a guitar,' and that's what I love - the shock element of it all! "

" I've made so many changes to my records because of the way the audience has reacted at the various festivals I've played - I've taken tracks back into the studio, stripped them bare, and built them back up again to create something entirely different. "

" My main thing is I just want to share as much hope and happiness as possible for music. If I can share as many moments and help people believe in themselves... if I can do that, then I'll feel like my job is done. "

" I don't think about the success that I've had - I've had a lot of success with music - but I always look at it like it's a new day. "

" Those that know me know that I'm not 100% in love with commercial pop music. It's not my preferred genre - I don't do squeaky clean pop. "

" I have learned that while your putting your record together you can get so caught up in making what you want that you forget what you wanted in the first place. "

" I need to make money, but I don't want to be another guy selling his McDonald's to the pop market. "

" I've got perfectionist issues, as I can't seem to let tracks out the studio - it drives my manager nuts. "

" I don't ever think it's a good idea to try to recreate the success you've had before; it's all about chasing something fresh and new. "

" When I listen to a Coldplay record, you're gonna hear an indie band, and you know that's what you're gonna get from Coldplay. With myself, I'm not sure it's the same. "

" I think, as an artist, I wear a lot of different hats, and people have to join all of the dots. "

" I try as much I can after every live performance to read all the comments my fans post on Facebook and Twitter, as this helps enormously for me to understand straight from fans what worked and what didn't. "

" Urban is not actually my world. It was me trying something out, basically. I come from a gospel background. "

" My grandad's a gospel singer, and his children were singers, too. But I don't believe in God in the same way... not religion; it breaks us up too much. The same with musical styles - it breaks people up. I believe they are all one thing - why not put them together? "

" I definitely didn't wanna be a one-dimensional artist that you can just put into one box. Because, to me, we're all masters of certain energies, and we all create different colours. "

" I don't want to be someone that, when people look back, they think, 'Yeah, cool, he made us jump around for a bit in 2010.' "

" My ethos is musical freedom: to create whatever I want. "

" I have eight siblings, and we formed a group called Mac 9. I was Mac 7. "