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" 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. "

Paolo Nutini

Thought

Talent

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Going

Angst

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Angry

Action

" I've met such amazing people in their 40s, in their 60s, 70s, and they completely bely their age on paper. "

" I left school just shy of 17: I'd started going into touring and that situation. "

" 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. "

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" I think it was definitely a love for the four- or five-part vocal male harmony groups that really took me away. I'd always try and be, like, the fifth Drifter; I'd always try and find another harmony that wasn't there. "

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Try

Think

" 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. "

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

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

" I've always got a notepad on or a voice recorder recording ideas. "

" To sing with Led Zeppelin has allowed me to offer the best places I could afford to my family and friends! "

Paolo Nutini

Sing

Family

" My father was very encouraging. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If you're going to call yourself a musician, you have to go out and make music. "

Paolo Nutini

Out

Going

" Some people have just got a capacity for creativity that's unbelievable! "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "