Quotes from Sam Smith

I've listened to female vocalists my whole life. That's what I love. I still listen to guys' vocals and don't get taken aback a lot.

Even now I doubt myself. I don't understand what people hear in my voice. I can't hear it myself, if you know what I mean.

My music is almost like vomit! It's a horrible way to put it, but I feel it, I say it, and I doubt myself all the time throughout my whole life, but when it comes to music, I just don't. I don't doubt myself.

Music is to give, share.

I'm more comfortable performing in front of 50,000 people than five people - it's easier. When there's that many people, I feel like I'm alone. When I perform in front of only a few people, it's scary.

I'm a vulnerable, sensitive person. I overthink everything.

There's always been a hunger in me not necessarily to be successful, but to be an icon.

There is a way to share an insight into your personal life without being classless, which is what I'm trying to do.

'Stay With Me,' for me, is my own personal anthem to the 'walk of shame...' that we've all gone through. It's the feeling after a one-night stand of not wanting that person to leave, even if you don't love them and don't even like them. It's about having that body next to you.

To control and enslave the minds of men, all one must do is convince them that a secret exists, and that he is privy to information regarding that secret; hence the power of priests and psychics.

A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge, for if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into captivity by some evil power in the other world.

The greatest power of the mass media is the power to ignore. The worst thing about this power is that you may not even know you're using it.

[A]ll will be raised by the power of God, having spirit in their bodies, and not blood.

I met Kim Kardashian the other week, and she knew who I was! I walked in the room, and she was like, 'I should text Kanye saying you're here; he showed me your music.' It's really hard to digest. Also, I don't think you should digest stuff like that.

My main incentive now is to be so successful that I can get a private jet and sit with the pilot. I got upgraded to first class the other week, but even there I was still scared. I could be massaged for the whole flight and still think I'm going to die.

Talking about my deepest and darkest secrets to the world makes me feel better. It's cathartic.

I want to be a voice for that: just because I've lost weight doesn't mean that I'm happy and content with my body. Because of the media, and because of what I feel I should look like, it's always going to be a battle in my head.

I get really self-conscious about people staring at me. It sounds so weird. As a performer, as an artist, these should be the things that I'm used to. But that's not the case. When people stare at me, I freak out.

I have a weird and undying love for George Michael. He's the reason why I want to do what I do.

The U.K. is so important to me. It's everything - it's my home. I love America, but it's so important for me to be here and be an artist and be well known here.

When I find the right person, nothing else will matter, but I'm prepared to kiss a lot of frogs.

My debut album is just a diary from a lonely 21-year-old. That's what it is.

I've made my music so that it could be about anything and everybody - whether it's a guy, a female or a goat - and everybody can relate to that.

I did musical theatre for about four years. One time, I did six shows in one year whilst juggling school.