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" 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. "

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" Try to find someone with a sense of humor. That's an important thing to have because when you get into an argument, one of the best ways to diffuse it is to be funny. You don't want to hide away from a point, because some points are serious, but you'd rather have a discussion that was a discussion, rather than an argument. "

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

" Everyone knows almost everything about me. I make it very clear that I'm cool with people knowing all my personal life through my songs. "

" I'd like to have kids and a wife, and you know, drop them off at school and like, do normal things rather that constantly being on tour. Because I'm young now and I haven't really got a social life. This is all I do. It's the best job in the world, but I'll get to the point where there's more to life than work. "

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

" I think the music I've created is quite odd, and people are going to start talking about that. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I think I've been around for a while. But I still have to pay my dues. "

" 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. "

" I'm a huge hip-hop fan from way back in the day. "

" If Adele's seen as boring, then I'm happy to be boring as well. "

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

" 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. "

" The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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 find the whole concept of women screaming at me so odd. It's very flattering, but I don't think I will ever consider myself to be a sex symbol. "

" My love songs are very personal and quite weird. They don't really have the big radio hit choruses because basically they're my therapy, stuff I have to get off my chest. "

" I think encouraging young people to twerk might be a bad thing. It's a stripper's move. If I had a daughter of nine, I wouldn't want her twerking. "

" Instead of writing songs for girls, I tend to write albums, which I guess is a bit weird. "

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

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

" I don't really do that whole 'single life' thing. I'm kind of heads down and get things done. "