Paolo Nutini
I'm neither here nor there about this Lady Gaga, but she's clearly very passionate about her poker face.
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.
Politicians have an arrogance that I just do not understand. I've seen more constructive debates in high school.
The way you react to each challenge forms who you become.
To sing with Led Zeppelin has allowed me to offer the best places I could afford to my family and friends!
One of my favourite songs is 'A Message to You, Rudy,' which was done by the Specials.
A lot of places think that bigger is better. It's like consumerism is taking everything over.
My songwriting... it's almost like a kind of self-therapy.
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.
It's not about someone making a difference on their own; it's about everybody pulling together to make a difference.
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've never had anything as formal as vocal lessons.
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'm not a fan of second-hand or vintage clothes.
Music is probably one of the most honest things out there - it's feral.
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.
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.
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.
I'm not one to go down that road to say I have some kind of social consciousness.
When I think of Paisley, I think of everything that has shaped my life.
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've always enjoyed the bohemia of Paisley.
Paisley offered me and my family a life, way back, and it has continued to do so.
The success was a difficult thing for me to get my head round. When it gets too much, I just have to disappear - to sort my head.
The more I watch politicians in action, it just makes me angry.
Music is a good way to channel your fragile, vulnerable, needy side, but it's also something to rejoice in.
You walk with a different air if you're wearing something sharp.
I'm not seeking for answers; I just want to tell stories and state my opinion.
I'm always looking for people to play the songs to.
Really, if you've got people who want you to play, you play.