Be yourself. If you're not yourself, who are you? But take advice; listen to people. If you're not listening, you're lost. You're a sheep among wolves.
I am only as good as my last song. Hits are a pension, but I don't want to rest on those songs. I want to have a future.
I recognise life is like a magnet. Positive and negative are on the opposite sides of the magnet. You can try to cut the negative part off, but it's still there. When you accept both of them, it's like, 'You know what? Don't get too identified with success or too identified with failure - just be cool with them.'
We can all accept criticism of creative work, but to be publicly ridiculed for it is incredibly difficult to deal with.
We need to stop thinking the grass is greener on the other side and be happy with the love we have.
'Born to Do It' took a kid out of a council estate and put my mum into a home of her own. It changed my whole family's situation, and all from doing something that I loved.
I bought a dodgy gold ring off a guy in Southampton. He told me to check it was real gold by heating it up with a lighter and pressing it against my skin, because real gold doesn't burn. I still have the scar on my left hand.
Everything around me is surreal. I get picked up in cars and go to celebrity bashes, and I get sponsorship on clothes, and it's great, and I really enjoy it. But you should remember where it all started: the music. That's the key.
I love all my albums... I use the metaphor they're like my children: some do better than others, but you love them all equally.
Me and guitar music is so entwined.
I do about two hours working out in the morning with my trainer. It's like brushing my teeth.
I leave it very open because, at the end of the day, it's one of those things where I shouldn't have to reinforce and state, 'No, I'm a heterosexual' - because that's all nonsense.
I'm grateful for what I have and the people around me.
Before my first album 'Born To Do It,' I used to DJ.
If you're in a good relationship, you should be able to say to your girlfriend, 'That girl walking down the street is great.'
Thankfully, my manager didn't talk me into 'Big Brother' or 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!'
With every person you meet, there is a new and exciting experience to be had.
Life is all about how things rough up against you and how you see them and the vantage point you have from them.
I'm an only child, so I got spoilt a lot. Which was a good thing.
My mum made the best roasts.
