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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 'Astral Weeks' is a brilliant album, and songs like 'Moondance' are just beautiful lyrically. "

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

" The first record I was really into was the Drifters' 'When My Little Girl Is Smiling.' "

" All of a sudden, my picture's in the paper, or I'm making a music video, and it's still the most surreal experience. I thought you could learn, and you would acclimatise, but I really haven't. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Just remember that if you've lost something, you will be open to something else. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" The first time I did everything was in Paisley - the first time I went to the pictures or the bowling or the ice rink or the swimming baths. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm in the highest bracket. There's no way that a 22-year-old should be hit for that amount of money when he's got his whole life ahead of him. "