Quotes from Paolo Nutini

I only became interested in clothes when I was in my mid-teens. I'd do things like spike my hair and put on a nice shirt, but I'd hardly call myself fashion-conscious. I just don't have the energy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I never, ever thought I would get to say I was opening a show for the Bay City Rollers.

Sometimes it's good to just sing and let the words come out. Whatever comes out is valid because it's what you were thinking.

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.

I've met such amazing people in their 40s, in their 60s, 70s, and they completely bely their age on paper.

The more I watch politicians in action, it just makes me angry.

None of us don't have a vice.

I am not steeped in all that angst. I'm never going to be Sid Vicious.

I'm at the point of view that I have to look after myself in various levels.

My father was very encouraging.

One of my ambitions is to move to Tuscany. I like the idea of getting a vineyard. I love being under the sun and being casual and comfortable. That's my idea of heaven.

I'm not a fan of second-hand or vintage clothes.