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" I remember I wanted to be Zorro, but I also wanted to be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. I obviously had ideas above my station. "

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" When life hands you melons, eat them. "

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

" 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. "

" Politicians have an arrogance that I just do not understand. I've seen more constructive debates in high school. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I started to learn some common sense. Even just sort of day-to-day things. I started to cook a little bit more and try to learn to fix things around the house. If something breaks down, rather than call a guy, there's got to be more I can do. "

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

" Maybe it's the way that I do music, but I was never in a cool indie band or hung out with all the cool arty kids when I came to London. "

" 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. "

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

" Racism is one of the worst forms of torture because it's directed at something you never asked for and something you can't change. "

" 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? "

" One of my favourite songs is 'A Message to You, Rudy,' which was done by the Specials. "

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

" I'm always looking for people to play the songs to. "

" None of us don't have a vice. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" The people I admire are Tim Buckley and John Martyn - singers that grew into themselves and were honest. John Martyn is one of the great soul singers because soul is not a genre; it's a feeling. "

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

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

" 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. "