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" My French is terrible, and my Spanish is even worse. I find Spanish really difficult. They speak so quickly, whereas in German, it's very clear what they're saying. It's easier to repeat. "

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" I would make documentaries if it was a worthy cause. I have a lot of respect for people who put themselves in harm's way to make people see that something needs to be done. "

Eliot Sumner

People

Done

See

" I think everyone's got an obstacle in their career that they have to challenge. I think, in a way, that pushes you to prove who you are. "

" I started listening to a lot of Jimi Hendrix and Neil Young when I was 8 or 9 years old - I had siblings that gave me good music instead of the crap that was on the radio in the '90s. "

Eliot Sumner

Music

Radio

" I can only be myself, and if I have to suffer for that, that's okay, because to pretend to be somebody else - I tried that, it's terrible. "

" I write most of my stuff when I'm on a train or a plane, any mode of transport. I like trains because you hear this motoric rhythm and the scenery is great. You go into your own little world. You don't have to be anywhere else. "

" I only wear black. I think it suits me. "

" I don't particularly like attention. I like to do things on my own. I like to dress myself. People always ask that at shoots: 'Do you want any help?' That's the weirdest question. "

" I think, forever, I was trying to figure out maybe... what I am. But I don't think anyone should feel pressured to have any kind of label or tag on them. We should treat everybody the same... Me, I don't like to be put down to a specific thing. We're all human beings. "

" I'm an extremist. I don't do things in halves. I don't moderate anything. That can be with work or with good things as well. But often, I take it a bit too far. "

" With social networks these days, everyone needs to know everything all the time. But the problem is, people are so used to short snippets of information that no one has any attention span anymore. I don't, anyway. "

" Self-sufficiency is vitally important to my self-respect. I never wanted to rely on my parents in that way, because I knew that if I got used to it, I'd be reliant all my life. "

" I sometimes suffer from insomnia, and one of the first times it ever happened, I was like, 'I don't know what to do with myself,' so I started writing a song, and by morning, it was finished. It was about how I couldn't sleep... I was 14. "

" I'm very shy and awkward; I can't have a normal conversation, and then people think I'm being a bit rude, but really I'm not. "

" I wear a lot of black. Like my heart. "

" It stresses me out writing songs,; I get really super nervous and speedy. I feel like I'm possessed. "

Eliot Sumner

Nervous

Out

" I picked up the guitar when I was 4, and from then, I could never be bored. "

Eliot Sumner

Guitar

Could

" I think I have a lot of energy, and most of it is quite aggressive energy. But in a positive way, I think. It's like a positive aggression. "

" I was somewhat of a mute at school, so people were quite scared! "

" I was very young when I did 'I Blame Coco,' and I never really recognized that sound as me. "

" It's always best to challenge yourself and go to a place out of your comfort zone. "

" People always have to have a reference - I think I'll always be in the shadow of my parents. "

" I'm very much a creature of habit. I don't like to try to new things. "

" Music is the only thing that I trust. "

" I knew I wasn't going to write a record as soon as I got signed, because I hadn't had any life experiences. I was still at school, and I wasn't going to write about that. "

" Music is about self-expression and representing the times, and I think fashion is the same. It took me a long time to find my own style, both in terms of fashion and music. "

" For me, Paul Simon has always been an incredible songwriter, as he writes very complicated songs that sound very simple, and he makes it look so easy when it's not. "

Eliot Sumner

Easy

Complicated

" On my fourth or fifth birthday, a guitar was given to me, and I made a new friend. A very loud friend. "

Eliot Sumner

New

Friend

" It's not a nice thing to have a song written about you. "

" I like to move around. It suits me. I grew up in Wiltshire on a farm, and that's the only place I call home. "

Eliot Sumner

Suits

Place

" I didn't come out as gay; I came out as I don't really believe in gender. "