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

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

" With the first album, there was a lot of angst. I was very naive. I thought I was on top of the whole thing, but I really didn't know what I was getting into. "

" You walk with a different air if you're wearing something sharp. "

" 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. "

" I started to learn some common sense. Even just sort of day-to-day things. I started to cook a little bit more and try to learn to fix things around the house. If something breaks down, rather than call a guy, there's got to be more I can do. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" My parents worked very hard for me and my sister. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm at the point of view that I have to look after myself in various levels. "

" 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. "

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

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

" It's a sacred thing, but I do want to get married. I'd love that. "

" As a kid, I loved to sing along to the Drifters and Otis Redding. "

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

" 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. "

" A lot of places think that bigger is better. It's like consumerism is taking everything over. "

" 'Astral Weeks' is a brilliant album, and songs like 'Moondance' are just beautiful lyrically. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Touring can be really tiring. I can get homesick, and I spend a lot of time on my phone. "

" It's not about someone making a difference on their own; it's about everybody pulling together to make a difference. "

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" The people I admire are Tim Buckley and John Martyn - singers that grew into themselves and were honest. John Martyn is one of the great soul singers because soul is not a genre; it's a feeling. "

" Racism is one of the worst forms of torture because it's directed at something you never asked for and something you can't change. "