"Music is probably one of the most honest things out there - it's feral."
"I love melon! I don't love melon; that's a bit... Melon's my favorite fruit."
"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."
"When life hands you melons, eat them."
"Always wash your hands, and always tell the truth."
"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've learned stuff, and I've forgotten stuff, but what I do know is that it really is all about the fans."
"People make you feel like a bad guy for asking for seven quid for your album, like you are slapping them in the face, when they'll go and pay two grand for a scarf somebody knitted in a sweat shop and stitched a designer label on."
"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."
"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."
"Some people have just got a capacity for creativity that's unbelievable!"
"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."
"My parents worked very hard for me and my sister."
"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."
"When I got my first publishing deal, I felt some responsibility to try to write with the people that they were asking me to write with."
"Music can really help people, help individuals in beautiful ways."
"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."
"I never, ever thought I would get to say I was opening a show for the Bay City Rollers."
"I went through a phase of buying a lot of masks, as anyone who has been to a party at the house will testify."
"When you've displayed a weakness, you've displayed something a person can grab a hold of and attack you there. If you're not ashamed of it, who can make you feel bad about it? Nobody. If you make a mistake, at least you get to see them, identify them, acknowledge them and hopefully remedy them."
"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."
"None of us don't have a vice."
"I'm at the point of view that I have to look after myself in various levels."
"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."
"My songwriting... it's almost like a kind of self-therapy."
