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" I learned to sing from my mum and dad's record collection. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It's all a progression towards hopefully one day making a record that can be the definitive you can offer. Some bands come in with that at first, and the great bands never really stray from that. I want to earn my stripes. "

" 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. "

" When it comes to the business side of it, as much as you might hate it, the reality is that you give the record company a sort of ownership of your songs, so you've got to make sure you're getting everything you can out of it now, because if you're not, then who is? "

" 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. "

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

" When you're waking up every day, and it's all about you, I don't consider that to be a way to live your life if you can help it. I think people who know me know that I find time to enjoy myself and not take life - or myself - too seriously at all. "

" 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. "

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

" As a kid, I loved to sing along to the Drifters and Otis Redding. "

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

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

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

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

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