Quotes from Paolo Nutini

Politicians have an arrogance that I just do not understand. I've seen more constructive debates in high school.

I was lucky to move around different cultures at an early age and have experience of different lifestyles.

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.

You don't want to go and make something, then go out and do shows, if you're not really into it. You don't want to go out there and make people feel like you're grudging playing them a song. That's a disturbing thought.

One of my favourite songs is 'A Message to You, Rudy,' which was done by the Specials.

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.

I went through a phase of buying a lot of masks, as anyone who has been to a party at the house will testify.

Where'd the days go, when all we did was play? And the stress that we were under wasn't stress at all just a run and a jump into a harmless fall

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.

It's not about someone making a difference on their own; it's about everybody pulling together to make a difference.

I've learned stuff, and I've forgotten stuff, but what I do know is that it really is all about the fans.

I love melon! I don't love melon; that's a bit... Melon's my favorite fruit.

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.

It's a sacred thing, but I do want to get married. I'd love that.

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.

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.

The way you react to each challenge forms who you become.

When things get too grand or too big, I struggle to keep up with it all.

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.

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?

I've always got a notepad on or a voice recorder recording ideas.

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.

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.

My parents worked very hard for me and my sister.