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" I'm quite arty. I didn't know whether to become an artist or musician but I realised I could paint with music. All my songs have colours. "

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" Some of my tattoos are a bit silly, but I know where and what time I got them. "

" My parents worked in the art world. They were really supportive of my music in that they allowed me to drop out of school and move out of our home, which not many parents would do. "

" The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of people that are genuinely fans of your music. "

" I think YouTube has destroyed the genre barrier. People can be into Justin Bieber and Eminem at the same time. It's a good thing. "

" I've always been a massive fan of John Mayer. I think he's very talented. "

" I do like my hair. It took a while to come around to the fact that it was quite a unique value point. "

" I've always had really messy hair. "

" The whole 'studly womaniser' thing, I mean, I quite enjoy the title - it's just not very accurate. "

" I've never dated anyone in Hollywood - or anyone famous, for that matter. I don't know that I'm ever gonna write a song that you will know who it's about. "

" The more you write tunes, the better they will become. The more you do gigs, the better you will become. "

" I don't know if my songs fit in films. "

" I'd like to say that I'm a rock star, but I'm not - I'm honestly more of a relationship kind of guy. I'm a guy you could take home to meet your mum rather than a guy your mum wouldn't like. "

" I saw Damien Rice in Dublin when I was 13, and that inspired me to want to pursue being a songwriter... I practised relentlessly and started recording my own EPs. At 16, I moved to London and played any gigs I could, selling CDs from my rucksack to fund recording the next, and it snowballed from there. "

" I've had years of teasing about my red hair, but I definitely think it toughened me up. If you're ginger, you end up pretty quick-witted. "

" In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude. "

" Growing up, I was inspired by The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Damian Rice was a huge influence for me musically. "

" If I can put on my album in a car or on my headphones and listen to the whole thing and love it, that's what I'm going to be happy putting out there. "

" The public has heard the stereotypical love songs a million times, and they've heard the stereotypical life-or-death songs millions of times. It's good to mix it up a little bit. "

" I met Bill Clinton; he's a very nice guy. Yeah, Bill Clinton's cool. "

" As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people's situations. "

" It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing. Growing up, I was inspired by The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Damian Rice was a huge influence for me musically. "

" But once you've made a song and you put it out there, you don't own it anymore. The public own it. It's their song. It might be their song that they wake up to, or their song they have a shower to, or their song that they drive home to or their song they cry to, scream to, have babies to, have weddings to - like, it isn't your song anymore. "

" I would love to get a Moonman! I'd put it next to my other awards. I don't have a cabinet right now; they're just kind of all around my flat, one next to the TV, one in the bedroom. So, I'd have to build a cabinet. "

" I don't think that there's much that sets me apart from other musicians, but I think there are definitely things that set me apart from other kinds of artists. I feel that musicians do it their own way, write their own songs and put on a great live shows. "

" I've never really been a confident person, except from a musical standpoint. I had to push myself early on, but it got easier with each gig. "

" Country music is some of the best-written music in the world, so yeah, one day, I would keep my mind open to doing a country record. "