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" 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. "

Paolo Nutini

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" 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? "

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

" A lot of places think that bigger is better. It's like consumerism is taking everything over. "

" One of my ambitions is to move to Tuscany. I like the idea of getting a vineyard. I love being under the sun and being casual and comfortable. That's my idea of heaven. "

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

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

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

" I'm at the point of view that I have to look after myself in various levels. "

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

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Road

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

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

" 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. "

" A lot of people have been very dismissive of me. I'm hardly the darling of the NME. It used to get me down a bit, but you reach a point where you can laugh it off. "

" One of the best things I get to do is meet people that have been to the shows and listened to the music. I still don't indulge in the social media side of things, so that's my way of starting conversations - actually hearing people talk. "

" 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! "

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

" I like to record something pretty much as soon as I have an idea for a song, but I'm on so many buses, I have to record on my mobile. "

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

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

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" 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. "

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