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

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" When life hands you melons, eat them. "

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

" The first time I did everything was in Paisley - the first time I went to the pictures or the bowling or the ice rink or the swimming baths. "

" 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. "

" That's the good thing about music: you can sing about people's lives in its stages and feelings. Some songs can put something in context that you couldn't. They can free your mind or can make you think or can be redeeming. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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? "

" 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? "

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

" 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 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. "

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

" Just remember that if you've lost something, you will be open to something else. "

" 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've always got a notepad on or a voice recorder recording ideas. "

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

" My songwriting... it's almost like a kind of self-therapy. "

" I've learned stuff, and I've forgotten stuff, but what I do know is that it really is all about the fans. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" I get nervous all the time. Both on and off stage. You just hope it turns into adrenaline. "

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

" I try not to get too self-absorbed. "