Paolo Nutini Quotes
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I left school just shy of 17: I'd started going into touring and that situation.
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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.
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I thought about going onto the first one, Pop Idol. My mum was saying, 'Go on!' But I decided not to. 'The X Factor,' though, doesn't really seem to be a show about musical talent anymore.
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When you're waking up every day, and it's all about you, I don't consider that to be a way to live your life if you can help it. I think people who know me know that I find time to enjoy myself and not take life - or myself - too seriously at all.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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As a kid, I loved to sing along to the Drifters and Otis Redding.
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Always wash your hands, and always tell the truth.
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Sometimes when you get frustrated, your back is against the wall, and you come out fighting and knock out three songs in as many days.
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I've never had anything as formal as vocal lessons.
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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.
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I love melon! I don't love melon; that's a bit... Melon's my favorite fruit.
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Charts and learning the politics behind making a record - it's pretty soulless.
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You walk with a different air if you're wearing something sharp.
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I'm not a fan of second-hand or vintage clothes.
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To sing with Led Zeppelin has allowed me to offer the best places I could afford to my family and friends!
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The way you react to each challenge forms who you become.
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Music is a good way to channel your fragile, vulnerable, needy side, but it's also something to rejoice in.
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The more I watch politicians in action, it just makes me angry.
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I can't speak much Italian. I do go down well over there, but it's frustrating because I can't really speak it. Even if I do talk, they can't understand my accent, but I should try to learn it.
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Maybe it's the way that I do music, but I was never in a cool indie band or hung out with all the cool arty kids when I came to London.
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I'm at the point of view that I have to look after myself in various levels.
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When it comes to the business side of it, as much as you might hate it, the reality is that you give the record company a sort of ownership of your songs, so you've got to make sure you're getting everything you can out of it now, because if you're not, then who is?