Paolo Nutini Quotes

All of a sudden, my picture's in the paper, or I'm making a music video, and it's still the most surreal experience. I thought you could learn, and you would acclimatise, but I really haven't.

- Paolo Nutini

Thought, Making, Still, Surreal

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.

- Paolo Nutini

Change, Racism, Directed, Asked

I've always enjoyed the bohemia of Paisley.

- Paolo Nutini

Always, Paisley, Enjoyed, Bohemia

Touring can be really tiring. I can get homesick, and I spend a lot of time on my phone.

- Paolo Nutini

Phone, Get, Lot, Homesick

I am not steeped in all that angst. I'm never going to be Sid Vicious.

- Paolo Nutini

I Am, Never, Angst, Vicious

'Astral Weeks' is a brilliant album, and songs like 'Moondance' are just beautiful lyrically.

- Paolo Nutini

Beautiful, Brilliant, Weeks, Lyrically

People make you feel like a bad guy for asking for seven quid for your album, like you are slapping them in the face, when they'll go and pay two grand for a scarf somebody knitted in a sweat shop and stitched a designer label on.

- Paolo Nutini

Asking, Bad, Shop, Label

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.

- Paolo Nutini

Bad, About, Least, Remedy

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.

- Paolo Nutini

Singing, Want, TV, Johnny

That's the good thing about music: you can sing about people's lives in its stages and feelings. Some songs can put something in context that you couldn't. They can free your mind or can make you think or can be redeeming.

- Paolo Nutini

Mind, Think, Some, Stages

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.

- Paolo Nutini

Myself, Like, Became, Spike

It's all a progression towards hopefully one day making a record that can be the definitive you can offer. Some bands come in with that at first, and the great bands never really stray from that. I want to earn my stripes.

- Paolo Nutini

Some, One Day, Progression, Definitive

To sing with Led Zeppelin has allowed me to offer the best places I could afford to my family and friends!

- Paolo Nutini

Could, Allowed, Led, Led Zeppelin

I know some bands that are precious about their new ideas. They're conscious of the fact that people can - even from mobile phones - begin to get clearer and better recordings of the songs... so they're a lot more hesitant to play them.

- Paolo Nutini

Play, Fact, Some, New Ideas

I've always got a notepad on or a voice recorder recording ideas.

- Paolo Nutini

Voice, Always, Recording, Recorder

I started to learn some common sense. Even just sort of day-to-day things. I started to cook a little bit more and try to learn to fix things around the house. If something breaks down, rather than call a guy, there's got to be more I can do.

- Paolo Nutini

Some, Guy, Rather, Common Sense

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.

- Paolo Nutini

Been, Very, Darling, Hardly

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.

- Paolo Nutini

Thought, About, Mum, Factor

Politicians have an arrogance that I just do not understand. I've seen more constructive debates in high school.

- Paolo Nutini

Understand, More, Debates

When you open your mind up, and you go into a creative state, you can't just switch if off. When you have an idea, a creative impulse, and then you ignore it, it can keep you up when you just want to go to your bed - which is why it's great to have voice recorders on your phone!

- Paolo Nutini

Voice, Bed, Idea, Impulse

I come from Paisley, the same town as David Sneddon, who won 'Fame Academy.' When he was late for his homecoming reception in the town hall, they held an impromptu talent show. I ended up singing some songs, and that's how I was discovered.

- Paolo Nutini

Some, Discovered, Held, Homecoming

It's not about someone making a difference on their own; it's about everybody pulling together to make a difference.

- Paolo Nutini

Own, Making, Everybody, Make A Difference

It's a sacred thing, but I do want to get married. I'd love that.

- Paolo Nutini

Love, Want, Get, Get Married

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.

- Paolo Nutini

Salad, Other, Very, Mix

I went through a phase of buying a lot of masks, as anyone who has been to a party at the house will testify.

- Paolo Nutini

Through, Been, Phase, Testify

I like to record something pretty much as soon as I have an idea for a song, but I'm on so many buses, I have to record on my mobile.

- Paolo Nutini

Song, Pretty, Like, Buses

When things get too grand or too big, I struggle to keep up with it all.

- Paolo Nutini

Big, Get, Too, Struggle

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.

- Paolo Nutini

Best, Media, Been, Social Media

The way you react to each challenge forms who you become.

- Paolo Nutini

Challenge, React, Way, Forms

My inspiration for songs is just everyday life. I just write down words about things that have happened to me, people I've met.

- Paolo Nutini

Words, Inspiration, About, Everyday

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.

- Paolo Nutini

Making, Sure, Otherwise, Lyrics

I was lucky to move around different cultures at an early age and have experience of different lifestyles.

- Paolo Nutini

Lucky, Cultures, Move, Lifestyles

My best mates when I was 19 were all in their 30s. I used to go to all their house parties, and they were crazier than the guys who were 17, 18. They were so much more liberated than the people who were apparently shackle-free.

- Paolo Nutini

Best, House, Used, Crazier

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.

- Paolo Nutini

Some, Been, Messing, Machines

I'm at the point of view that I have to look after myself in various levels.

- Paolo Nutini

View, Point Of View, Various, Levels

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.

- Paolo Nutini

Think, Away, Like, Indulge

One of my ambitions is to move to Tuscany. I like the idea of getting a vineyard. I love being under the sun and being casual and comfortable. That's my idea of heaven.

- Paolo Nutini

Love, Like, Move, Vineyard

Music is a good way to channel your fragile, vulnerable, needy side, but it's also something to rejoice in.

- Paolo Nutini

Side, Channel, Good Way, Rejoice

I've never had anything as formal as vocal lessons.

- Paolo Nutini

Never, Vocal, Formal, Lessons

The first time I did everything was in Paisley - the first time I went to the pictures or the bowling or the ice rink or the swimming baths.

- Paolo Nutini

Bowling, Ice, Rink, Baths

With the first album, there was a lot of angst. I was very naive. I thought I was on top of the whole thing, but I really didn't know what I was getting into.

- Paolo Nutini

Thought, Album, Very, Naive

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.

- Paolo Nutini

Turtle, I Remember, Also, Ninja

Charts and learning the politics behind making a record - it's pretty soulless.

- Paolo Nutini

Politics, Behind, Charts, Soulless

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.

- Paolo Nutini

Want, Like, Which, Annoying

Love is music, and music is home.

- Paolo Nutini

Love, Music, Home, Love Is

I think it was definitely a love for the four- or five-part vocal male harmony groups that really took me away. I'd always try and be, like, the fifth Drifter; I'd always try and find another harmony that wasn't there.

- Paolo Nutini

Love, Think, Always, Fifth

I don't mind being criticised, but hearing yourself described as the next James Blunt - that hurts.

- Paolo Nutini

Mind, Next, Hurts, Hearing

You walk with a different air if you're wearing something sharp.

- Paolo Nutini

Different, Air, Wearing, Sharp

When I've got time off, my feet get itchy really quickly.

- Paolo Nutini

Feet, Get, Quickly, Itchy

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.

- Paolo Nutini

Learn, Go, Over, Accent

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.

- Paolo Nutini

London, Maybe, Indie, Hung

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.

- Paolo Nutini

Singing, Last, Rather, Remind

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.

- Paolo Nutini

Credible, Got, Bit, Premise

When you're waking up every day, and it's all about you, I don't consider that to be a way to live your life if you can help it. I think people who know me know that I find time to enjoy myself and not take life - or myself - too seriously at all.

- Paolo Nutini

Every Day, I Think, About, Waking

I never, ever thought I would get to say I was opening a show for the Bay City Rollers.

- Paolo Nutini

Thought, Never, Ever, Opening

The people I admire are Tim Buckley and John Martyn - singers that grew into themselves and were honest. John Martyn is one of the great soul singers because soul is not a genre; it's a feeling.

- Paolo Nutini

Soul, Admire, Singers, Tim

I try not to get too self-absorbed.

- Paolo Nutini

Try, Get, Too, Self-Absorbed

My parents worked very hard for me and my sister.

- Paolo Nutini

Me, Very, Worked, Sister

I left school just shy of 17: I'd started going into touring and that situation.

- Paolo Nutini

School, Shy, Left, Situation

A lot of places think that bigger is better. It's like consumerism is taking everything over.

- Paolo Nutini

Better, Over, Lot, Consumerism

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.

- Paolo Nutini

Ahead, Amount, Whole, Bracket

When I got my first publishing deal, I felt some responsibility to try to write with the people that they were asking me to write with.

- Paolo Nutini

Asking, Some, Deal, Publishing

I've met such amazing people in their 40s, in their 60s, 70s, and they completely bely their age on paper.

- Paolo Nutini

People, Amazing People, Met

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.

- Paolo Nutini

Innocent, Behind, Use, Remark

The first record I was really into was the Drifters' 'When My Little Girl Is Smiling.'

- Paolo Nutini

Girl, Smiling, Record, Little Girl

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.

- Paolo Nutini

My Life, Going, Been, Happening

The success was a difficult thing for me to get my head round. When it gets too much, I just have to disappear - to sort my head.

- Paolo Nutini

Difficult, Disappear, Sort, Difficult Thing

Music can really help people, help individuals in beautiful ways.

- Paolo Nutini

Beautiful, Music, Help, Help People

I'm not a fan of second-hand or vintage clothes.

- Paolo Nutini

Vintage, Fan, Second-Hand, Clothes

I get nervous all the time. Both on and off stage. You just hope it turns into adrenaline.

- Paolo Nutini

Hope, Off, On And Off, Adrenaline

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.

- Paolo Nutini

Against, Knock, Frustrated, Wall

I'm neither here nor there about this Lady Gaga, but she's clearly very passionate about her poker face.

- Paolo Nutini

Here, Very, Gaga, None

The more I watch politicians in action, it just makes me angry.

- Paolo Nutini

Watch, More, Makes, Politicians

I've learned stuff, and I've forgotten stuff, but what I do know is that it really is all about the fans.

- Paolo Nutini

Know, About, Learned, Forgotten

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.

- Paolo Nutini

Love, Need, Go Home, Work Out

If you're going to call yourself a musician, you have to go out and make music.

- Paolo Nutini

Music, Call, Going, Musician

I'm not seeking for answers; I just want to tell stories and state my opinion.

- Paolo Nutini

Want, Tell, Stories, Opinion

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?

- Paolo Nutini

Out, Got, Your, Ownership

You don't want to go and make something, then go out and do shows, if you're not really into it. You don't want to go out there and make people feel like you're grudging playing them a song. That's a disturbing thought.

- Paolo Nutini

Song, Thought, Like, Disturbing

When I think of Paisley, I think of everything that has shaped my life.

- Paolo Nutini

My Life, Think, I Think, Paisley

Paisley offered me and my family a life, way back, and it has continued to do so.

- Paolo Nutini

Me, Back, Offered, Paisley

Always wash your hands, and always tell the truth.

- Paolo Nutini

Truth, Hands, Always, Wash

Sometimes it's good to just sing and let the words come out. Whatever comes out is valid because it's what you were thinking.

- Paolo Nutini

Words, Sometimes, Come, Valid

One of my favourite songs is 'A Message to You, Rudy,' which was done by the Specials.

- Paolo Nutini

Message, Songs, Which, Favourite

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.

- Paolo Nutini

Musicians, Want, Idea, Writers

None of us don't have a vice.

- Paolo Nutini

Us, None, Vice

I learned to sing from my mum and dad's record collection.

- Paolo Nutini

Mum, Learned, Dad, Collection

Some people have just got a capacity for creativity that's unbelievable!

- Paolo Nutini

Some People, Some, Unbelievable

I love melon! I don't love melon; that's a bit... Melon's my favorite fruit.

- Paolo Nutini

Love, Fruit, I Love, Favorite

I'm not one to go down that road to say I have some kind of social consciousness.

- Paolo Nutini

Road, Some, Social, Consciousness

My songwriting... it's almost like a kind of self-therapy.

- Paolo Nutini

Kind, Like, Almost, Songwriting

My father was very encouraging.

- Paolo Nutini

Father, Very, Encouraging

Just remember that if you've lost something, you will be open to something else.

- Paolo Nutini

Remember, Lost, Will, Something Else

I just want people to leave a show and go, 'That was the most rockin' show I've ever seen.' I hope people can just roll with me a little bit - you know?

- Paolo Nutini

Want, Go, Show, Roll

As a kid, I loved to sing along to the Drifters and Otis Redding.

- Paolo Nutini

Loved, Kid, Along, Redding

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