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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When I've got time off, my feet get itchy really quickly. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" One of my favourite songs is 'A Message to You, Rudy,' which was done by the Specials. "

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

" I just want people to leave a show and go, 'That was the most rockin' show I've ever seen.' I hope people can just roll with me a little bit - you know? "

" 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. "

" Charts and learning the politics behind making a record - it's pretty soulless. "

" 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. "

" All of a sudden, my picture's in the paper, or I'm making a music video, and it's still the most surreal experience. I thought you could learn, and you would acclimatise, but I really haven't. "

" I'm not one to go down that road to say I have some kind of social consciousness. "

" To be honest, the first time round, I didn't think 'Fame Academy' was the worst premise in the world. You got people on, and they would write songs and develop themselves as artists. But then, instead of getting a little bit more credible, it got a little bit more ridiculous. "

" 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. "

" I never, ever thought I would get to say I was opening a show for the Bay City Rollers. "

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

" 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. "

" If you're going to call yourself a musician, you have to go out and make music. "

" 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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" I don't discriminate when it comes to melon. I'm very open-minded. I really don't mind; I can't say I like any one better than the other. You can put them all in! A little melon mix salad, and I'm just in heaven. "

" My father was very encouraging. "

" 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. "