Words matter. These are the best Paolo Nutini Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
You’ve got to make sure that you don’t have an airbrushed picture making you look like a 15-year-old cherub when your lyrics suggest otherwise.
Charts and learning the politics behind making a record – it’s pretty soulless.
I get nervous all the time. Both on and off stage. You just hope it turns into adrenaline.
Music is probably one of the most honest things out there – it’s feral.
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.
When it comes to the business side of it, as much as you might hate it, the reality is that you give the record company a sort of ownership of your songs, so you’ve got to make sure you’re getting everything you can out of it now, because if you’re not, then who is?
Sometimes people don’t know what is behind the words they use. But an innocent little remark at school can affect you later in life.
I am not steeped in all that angst. I’m never going to be Sid Vicious.
As I’m getting older, I work out what I want and what I need. And I just need to go home and see the people I love and write.
I’ve never had anything as formal as vocal lessons.
The way you react to each challenge forms who you become.
I left school just shy of 17: I’d started going into touring and that situation.
When I’ve got time off, my feet get itchy really quickly.
When life hands you melons, eat them.
One of my favourite songs is ‘A Message to You, Rudy,’ which was done by the Specials.
I’m in the highest bracket. There’s no way that a 22-year-old should be hit for that amount of money when he’s got his whole life ahead of him.
I love melon! I don’t love melon; that’s a bit… Melon’s my favorite fruit.
It’s a sacred thing, but I do want to get married. I’d love that.
I can’t speak much Italian. I do go down well over there, but it’s frustrating because I can’t really speak it. Even if I do talk, they can’t understand my accent, but I should try to learn it.
If you’re going to call yourself a musician, you have to go out and make music.
Some people have just got a capacity for creativity that’s unbelievable!
A lot of places think that bigger is better. It’s like consumerism is taking everything over.
Always wash your hands, and always tell the truth.
I like to indulge all the facets of my personality. There’s none that I don’t think, in a way, I would want to take away from.
The more I watch politicians in action, it just makes me angry.
I remember I wanted to be Zorro, but I also wanted to be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. I obviously had ideas above my station.
As a kid, I loved to sing along to the Drifters and Otis Redding.
To be honest, the first time round, I didn’t think ‘Fame Academy’ was the worst premise in the world. You got people on, and they would write songs and develop themselves as artists. But then, instead of getting a little bit more credible, it got a little bit more ridiculous.
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.
When you’ve displayed a weakness, you’ve displayed something a person can grab a hold of and attack you there. If you’re not ashamed of it, who can make you feel bad about it? Nobody. If you make a mistake, at least you get to see them, identify them, acknowledge them and hopefully remedy them.
One of the best things I get to do is meet people that have been to the shows and listened to the music. I still don’t indulge in the social media side of things, so that’s my way of starting conversations – actually hearing people talk.
I never, ever thought I would get to say I was opening a show for the Bay City Rollers.
I thought about going onto the first one, Pop Idol. My mum was saying, ‘Go on!’ But I decided not to. ‘The X Factor,’ though, doesn’t really seem to be a show about musical talent anymore.
Maybe it’s the way that I do music, but I was never in a cool indie band or hung out with all the cool arty kids when I came to London.
When I think of Paisley, I think of everything that has shaped my life.
My inspiration for songs is just everyday life. I just write down words about things that have happened to me, people I’ve met.
I don’t want to slip into Johnny Borrell mode. I don’t want to be singing that there’s nothing on TV, nothing on the radio.
I learned to sing from my mum and dad’s record collection.
I write on the acoustic guitar, I write some on the piano, but I’ve been messing around with these guitar pedals and drum machines, educating myself in that world.
Really, if you’ve got people who want you to play, you play.
My songwriting… it’s almost like a kind of self-therapy.
My parents worked very hard for me and my sister.
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’m not one to go down that road to say I have some kind of social consciousness.
Racism is one of the worst forms of torture because it’s directed at something you never asked for and something you can’t change.
I don’t know if I’ve got the capacity for all of the creativity that I want to put out there, which is annoying and frustrating – it’s kinda like torture.
‘Astral Weeks’ is a brilliant album, and songs like ‘Moondance’ are just beautiful lyrically.
My father was very encouraging.
I’m always looking for people to play the songs to.
I’m not a fan of second-hand or vintage clothes.
It’s not about someone making a difference on their own; it’s about everybody pulling together to make a difference.
The songs are just an attempt to document what’s been happening in my life. If people can relate to what’s going on with me, then that’s great.
A lot of people have been very dismissive of me. I’m hardly the darling of the NME. It used to get me down a bit, but you reach a point where you can laugh it off.
Sometimes when you get frustrated, your back is against the wall, and you come out fighting and knock out three songs in as many days.
You should have something to say, an idea you want to get out, and if you don’t, just get out of the way, ’cause there’s so many great musicians and writers that are in the queue.
