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" 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

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Sing

Family

" 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. "

" I am not steeped in all that angst. I'm never going to be Sid Vicious. "

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" I like to indulge all the facets of my personality. There's none that I don't think, in a way, I would want to take away from. "

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Way

Want

" I've never had anything as formal as vocal lessons. "

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

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

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Brilliant

Just

" 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! "

" Paisley offered me and my family a life, way back, and it has continued to do so. "

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Back

Life

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

" Some people have just got a capacity for creativity that's unbelievable! "

" I can't speak much Italian. I do go down well over there, but it's frustrating because I can't really speak it. Even if I do talk, they can't understand my accent, but I should try to learn it. "

Paolo Nutini

Understand

Down

" 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

" 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. "

" When it comes to the business side of it, as much as you might hate it, the reality is that you give the record company a sort of ownership of your songs, so you've got to make sure you're getting everything you can out of it now, because if you're not, then who is? "

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

" I write on the acoustic guitar, I write some on the piano, but I've been messing around with these guitar pedals and drum machines, educating myself in that world. "

" The more I watch politicians in action, it just makes me angry. "

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Angry

Action

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

" I've always enjoyed the bohemia of Paisley. "

" 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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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Try

Think

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

" Sometimes when you get frustrated, your back is against the wall, and you come out fighting and knock out three songs in as many days. "

" Whatever I do, I like to be the one doing it. I don't just like to get someone in to run it and put a name to it. "

Paolo Nutini

Name

Just