Paolo Nutini Quotes
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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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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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The more I watch politicians in action, it just makes me angry.
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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.
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I am not steeped in all that angst. I'm never going to be Sid Vicious.
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I'm in the highest bracket. There's no way that a 22-year-old should be hit for that amount of money when he's got his whole life ahead of him.
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When I've got time off, my feet get itchy really quickly.
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With the first album, there was a lot of angst. I was very naive. I thought I was on top of the whole thing, but I really didn't know what I was getting into.
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I don't mind being criticised, but hearing yourself described as the next James Blunt - that hurts.
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My songwriting... it's almost like a kind of self-therapy.
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That's the good thing about music: you can sing about people's lives in its stages and feelings. Some songs can put something in context that you couldn't. They can free your mind or can make you think or can be redeeming.
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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.
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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.
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I was lucky to move around different cultures at an early age and have experience of different lifestyles.
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Paisley offered me and my family a life, way back, and it has continued to do so.
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I know some bands that are precious about their new ideas. They're conscious of the fact that people can - even from mobile phones - begin to get clearer and better recordings of the songs... so they're a lot more hesitant to play them.
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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.
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Really, if you've got people who want you to play, you play.
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I try not to get too self-absorbed.
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Music can really help people, help individuals in beautiful ways.
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I just want people to leave a show and go, 'That was the most rockin' show I've ever seen.' I hope people can just roll with me a little bit - you know?
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I went through a phase of buying a lot of masks, as anyone who has been to a party at the house will testify.
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Some people have just got a capacity for creativity that's unbelievable!