Paolo Nutini Quotes
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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.
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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.
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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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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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When things get too grand or too big, I struggle to keep up with it all.
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Always wash your hands, and always tell the truth.
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I've never had anything as formal as vocal lessons.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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I'm not a fan of second-hand or vintage clothes.
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Charts and learning the politics behind making a record - it's pretty soulless.
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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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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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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?
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You walk with a different air if you're wearing something sharp.
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I write on the acoustic guitar, I write some on the piano, but I've been messing around with these guitar pedals and drum machines, educating myself in that world.
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When you open your mind up, and you go into a creative state, you can't just switch if off. When you have an idea, a creative impulse, and then you ignore it, it can keep you up when you just want to go to your bed - which is why it's great to have voice recorders on your phone!
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As a kid, I loved to sing along to the Drifters and Otis Redding.
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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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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.
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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.