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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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" I just want people to leave a show and go, 'That was the most rockin' show I've ever seen.' I hope people can just roll with me a little bit - you know? "

" The more I watch politicians in action, it just makes me angry. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I was lucky to move around different cultures at an early age and have experience of different lifestyles. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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'm not a fan of second-hand or vintage clothes. "

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

" It's not about someone making a difference on their own; it's about everybody pulling together to make a difference. "

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" My father was very encouraging. "

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

" With the first album, there was a lot of angst. I was very naive. I thought I was on top of the whole thing, but I really didn't know what I was getting into. "

" It's a sacred thing, but I do want to get married. I'd love that. "

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

" 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. "

" I went through a phase of buying a lot of masks, as anyone who has been to a party at the house will testify. "

" 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? "

" You've got to make sure that you don't have an airbrushed picture making you look like a 15-year-old cherub when your lyrics suggest otherwise. "

" I can't speak much Italian. I do go down well over there, but it's frustrating because I can't really speak it. Even if I do talk, they can't understand my accent, but I should try to learn it. "

" A lot of places think that bigger is better. It's like consumerism is taking everything over. "

" When life hands you melons, eat them. "

" 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. "

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

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