Quotes from Calum Scott

Song writing has been a lifeline for me.

For a lot of people, music is about the show, the lights, and all that. With Filipino music fans, they genuinely listen to songs.

I've been a huge fan of Adele, Sam Smith, and Ed Sheeran, and those amazing artists draw inspiration from their present and past experiences; they write songs from their heart.

I started to feel songwriting was pulling different pieces of my heart out - the more I started writing, the more there was honesty.

I met a guy, and we were seeing each other for about a month or so, but as it got more intense, I started to freak out a little bit. I hadn't been in a relationship for quite a while, and I just said I was going away and not sure if it was going to work.

When my friends started to care about getting girlfriends, I really didn't. I started to think, literally, 'What's wrong with me?' and, 'Why can't I be normal like everybody else?'

I'm kind of unlucky in love and I have, for some reason, always fallen for the straight guy.

Just celebrate who you are and be happy with you are. Take all the ups and downs together, as you're only human.

I don't consider myself a flag bearer in the parade, but I have never felt stronger about who I am.

I'd gone through life being obsessed about my sexuality. People would ask about relationships, girlfriends, you start referring to people as 'they' so there's no judgment and you can be ambiguous. People around me knew, but I still struggled with talking about it openly.

It takes a lot of emotional high and struggles to write songs.

I'd like to think I'm a versatile artist without straying too far from who I am.