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" I'm not one to go down that road to say I have some kind of social consciousness. "
Paolo Nutini
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" The more I watch politicians in action, it just makes me angry. "
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" 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 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. "
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" I've never had anything as formal as vocal lessons. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" When I think of Paisley, I think of everything that has shaped my life. "
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" None of us don't have a vice. "
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" Really, if you've got people who want you to play, you play. "
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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? "
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" That's the good thing about music: you can sing about people's lives in its stages and feelings. Some songs can put something in context that you couldn't. They can free your mind or can make you think or can be redeeming. "
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" I try not to get too self-absorbed. "
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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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" Just remember that if you've lost something, you will be open to something else. "
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" Sometimes the last thing you want to do is to go on stage and bare your soul in front of hundreds of complete strangers. Singing the same songs night after night can remind you of things you'd rather forget. "
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" 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. "
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" I've learned stuff, and I've forgotten stuff, but what I do know is that it really is all about the fans. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I've met such amazing people in their 40s, in their 60s, 70s, and they completely bely their age on paper. "
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" 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. "
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" I come from Paisley, the same town as David Sneddon, who won 'Fame Academy.' When he was late for his homecoming reception in the town hall, they held an impromptu talent show. I ended up singing some songs, and that's how I was discovered. "
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