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

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

" You should have something to say, an idea you want to get out, and if you don't, just get out of the way, 'cause there's so many great musicians and writers that are in the queue. "

" It's all a progression towards hopefully one day making a record that can be the definitive you can offer. Some bands come in with that at first, and the great bands never really stray from that. I want to earn my stripes. "

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

" 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? "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" The way you react to each challenge forms who you become. "

" I know some bands that are precious about their new ideas. They're conscious of the fact that people can - even from mobile phones - begin to get clearer and better recordings of the songs... so they're a lot more hesitant to play them. "

" I've always enjoyed the bohemia of Paisley. "

" None of us don't have a vice. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I learned to sing from my mum and dad's record collection. "

" 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. "

" The people I admire are Tim Buckley and John Martyn - singers that grew into themselves and were honest. John Martyn is one of the great soul singers because soul is not a genre; it's a feeling. "

" 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. "