It's all about respect. I'm not going to treat a woman like a piece of meat.Collection: Respect
I'm a positive guy, even if I don't smile a lot.Collection: Smile
I wasn't a happy kid. I felt like my mum ruined our chance of a better life, because when she remarried, we went to live in Bahrain, on a compound with a swimming pool, and she ruined it all.Collection: Chance
Everyone loves a comeback story, and everyone loves the underdog as well. I kind of feel like I've been the underdog. Hopefully that inspires people to not give up on themselves and their lives and not give up on their dreams.Collection: Dreams
It can feel like your whole world is caving in on you, and if you don't speak about it, it gets worse. You have to talk about your problems.
Anxiety is a really crippling condition, and I suffer with it myself, and I feel for anyone who suffers from it. The way that I deal with it is try as much as possible to stay in the moment to not think about the past and not think about what's coming up in the future: to try and just seize the moment as much as possible.
The thing is, I knew from the very first audition that I did not fit the classic 'X Factor' criteria.
There's no doubt in my mind or anyone else's mind that people like Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding, and Sam Smith are where they are because they're supremely talented people, and I have a lot of respect for them.
I want to put out music I really believe in, and when I felt that was threatened, I lashed out at everybody.
Everybody's gone through some kind of struggle in their life, and I'd like to be the type of voice who talks about it.
There are many things people don't know about me, and maybe when they read about those things, they will have an understanding of the journey I have been on, why I've made the mistakes I have, and hopefully help other people overcome their adversities.
I really want to work with Eminem. I know it will never happen, but I would love if he let me do a hook on one of his songs or he featured on one of my songs. It would be incredible. I've just always admired him since I was young.
There is a lot of pressure on pop stars, and I think a lot of it is the pressure that we put on ourselves. In our minds, we build up these huge, huge standards that we think people want from us, and actually, when you break it down, people just want you to make music and perform to the best of your ability, but anxiety can stop you from doing that.
Kurt Cobain is one of the reasons I started doing music because I just loved to watch them rock out.
Being in bands and plugging away with not many opportunities and no money for many years really shaped me and taught me about work ethic.
I have been through and seen so many dramas and traumas and been in so many situations that I can probably interpret a few different characters.
I want to say sorry for abusing my position as an 'X Factor' winner because I owe everything to this thing.
I had a style before I was signed, but now I'm developing my commercial sound as well as trying to strike a balance between authentic music and music that the masses will love.
All my confidence has disappeared because the whole nation thinks I'm a homophobe who looks like a monster.
I don't have anything against SyCo or 'X Factor' or any of that. I'm just a guy who got really afraid of not being in control.
When you find fame, or you get signed to a record label, it's not what you imagined - because you imagined they would have 100 percent trust or faith in you as an artist. Unfortunately, that's not really the case - it's what sells.
Having watched 'X Factor' over the years, they just haven't got it right. The male winners haven't been believable. They look like puppets; they sound like puppets.
I'm just achieving goals left, right and centre, and I just feel incredibly lucky because I never thought it would happen.