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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.
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I get nervous all the time. Both on and off stage. You just hope it turns into adrenaline.
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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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When I think of Paisley, I think of everything that has shaped my life.
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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.
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I like to record something pretty much as soon as I have an idea for a song, but I'm on so many buses, I have to record on my mobile.
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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.
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I've always enjoyed the bohemia of Paisley.
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Just remember that if you've lost something, you will be open to something else.
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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.
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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.
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I'm neither here nor there about this Lady Gaga, but she's clearly very passionate about her poker face.
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When life hands you melons, eat them.
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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.
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My parents worked very hard for me and my sister.
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It's all a progression towards hopefully one day making a record that can be the definitive you can offer. Some bands come in with that at first, and the great bands never really stray from that. I want to earn my stripes.
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Politicians have an arrogance that I just do not understand. I've seen more constructive debates in high school.
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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.
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I've always got a notepad on or a voice recorder recording ideas.