- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
Songwriting really anchored me.
- Great Team
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time I do something new, it makes me a bit stronger. Playing huge shows, being invited to play with Nile Rodgers after the Brits - all are mindblowing and I have a great team around me who are empowering. It makes all the difference.
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I followed my gut and my subconscious told me the kind of music I wanted to create. But it wasn't easy.
- Furthest
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember in 2016 when I got signed to my record label Good Soldier, which is a very small indie label. They took a big risk on me because ballads were the furthest thing from cool at the time.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of my music teachers gave up on me one by one because I couldn't read music.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Me and my mom were just watching the charts like, 'Why isn't it stopping?' And now I've got a platinum disc in my bedroom.
- Couple Of Years Ago
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember, a couple of years ago I was playing my first headline show, and it was to 100 people in St Pancras Old Church in London; and me and my mum were like, 'We don't know 100 people, how are we going to sell these tickets?'
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the acoustic sets. Growing up, me and my dad would always watch those because we loved seeing the songs stripped back.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Acting was just something that came really naturally to me, and it was just something that I knew how to do.
- Creative
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whatever I ended up picking or choosing was always going to be a creative outlet for me.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the '70s are always inspiring to me. I was born then, so I have a lot of memories about how my parents were and what kinds of movies I was watching.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in Rome, in actually what I would say was a liberal, open-minded family. My father was an architect and my mother was a teacher of art history, so it was sort of intellectual, and maybe a bit much for me when I was a child.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020