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" 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. "

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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. "

Paolo Nutini

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Responsibility

First

" Really, if you've got people who want you to play, you play. "

" 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. "

Paolo Nutini

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

" 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. "

" The success was a difficult thing for me to get my head round. When it gets too much, I just have to disappear - to sort my head. "

" I've learned stuff, and I've forgotten stuff, but what I do know is that it really is all about the fans. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Sometimes when you get frustrated, your back is against the wall, and you come out fighting and knock out three songs in as many days. "

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

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

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

" My best mates when I was 19 were all in their 30s. I used to go to all their house parties, and they were crazier than the guys who were 17, 18. They were so much more liberated than the people who were apparently shackle-free. "

Paolo Nutini

House

Used

" 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. "

Paolo Nutini

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Want

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

Paolo Nutini

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Songwriting

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

Paolo Nutini

Angry

Action

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

" I don't want to slip into Johnny Borrell mode. I don't want to be singing that there's nothing on TV, nothing on the radio. "

Paolo Nutini

Singing

Nothing

" I don't know if I've got the capacity for all of the creativity that I want to put out there, which is annoying and frustrating - it's kinda like torture. "

Paolo Nutini

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Torture