Paolo Nutini Quotes
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When things get too grand or too big, I struggle to keep up with it all.
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When I've got time off, my feet get itchy really quickly.
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Charts and learning the politics behind making a record - it's pretty soulless.
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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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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 left school just shy of 17: I'd started going into touring and that situation.
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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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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 was lucky to move around different cultures at an early age and have experience of different lifestyles.
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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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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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I love melon! I don't love melon; that's a bit... Melon's my favorite fruit.
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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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Really, if you've got people who want you to play, you play.
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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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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 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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Music can really help people, help individuals in beautiful ways.
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My songwriting... it's almost like a kind of self-therapy.
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Some people have just got a capacity for creativity that's unbelievable!
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It's a sacred thing, but I do want to get married. I'd love that.
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'Astral Weeks' is a brilliant album, and songs like 'Moondance' are just beautiful lyrically.
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I try not to get too self-absorbed.