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

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

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

" The first record I was really into was the Drifters' 'When My Little Girl Is Smiling.' "

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

" I don't know if I've got the capacity for all of the creativity that I want to put out there, which is annoying and frustrating - it's kinda like torture. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Really, if you've got people who want you to play, you play. "

" 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. "

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

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

" To sing with Led Zeppelin has allowed me to offer the best places I could afford to my family and friends! "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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? "

" I left school just shy of 17: I'd started going into touring and that situation. "

" 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 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. "

" Music is a good way to channel your fragile, vulnerable, needy side, but it's also something to rejoice in. "

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

" I remember I wanted to be Zorro, but I also wanted to be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. I obviously had ideas above my station. "

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

" I've met such amazing people in their 40s, in their 60s, 70s, and they completely bely their age on paper. "