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

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" When things get too grand or too big, I struggle to keep up with it all. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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" The way you react to each challenge forms who you become. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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 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. "

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

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