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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Paolo Nutini

Singing

Nothing

" I never, ever thought I would get to say I was opening a show for the Bay City Rollers. "

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

" My inspiration for songs is just everyday life. I just write down words about things that have happened to me, people I've met. "

" 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. "

" I learned to sing from my mum and dad's record collection. "

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

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

" The songs are just an attempt to document what's been happening in my life. If people can relate to what's going on with me, then that's great. "

Paolo Nutini

Life

My Life

" 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. "

" 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

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

" When you open your mind up, and you go into a creative state, you can't just switch if off. When you have an idea, a creative impulse, and then you ignore it, it can keep you up when you just want to go to your bed - which is why it's great to have voice recorders on your phone! "

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

" I like to record something pretty much as soon as I have an idea for a song, but I'm on so many buses, I have to record on my mobile. "

" 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. "

" One of my ambitions is to move to Tuscany. I like the idea of getting a vineyard. I love being under the sun and being casual and comfortable. That's my idea of heaven. "

" Love is music, and music is home. "

" 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. "

Paolo Nutini

House

Used

" Politicians have an arrogance that I just do not understand. I've seen more constructive debates in high school. "

" 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'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. "

" 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. "

" Music can really help people, help individuals in beautiful ways. "

" 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. "

" You don't want to go and make something, then go out and do shows, if you're not really into it. You don't want to go out there and make people feel like you're grudging playing them a song. That's a disturbing thought. "

" 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 love melon! I don't love melon; that's a bit... Melon's my favorite fruit. "

" You've got to make sure that you don't have an airbrushed picture making you look like a 15-year-old cherub when your lyrics suggest otherwise. "

Paolo Nutini

Your

Got

" Sometimes people don't know what is behind the words they use. But an innocent little remark at school can affect you later in life. "