124 Quotes by James Arthur

People had told me to try 'The X Factor' for years, but I thought I'd be moody and hate it all. But it's what I needed. I asked Mum and Dad to come to my 'X Factor' audition, and it was the first time that they'd been in the same room in years.

'The X Factor' saved me.

My first instinct is always to fight back because ever since I was a kid, that's what I've always had to do to survive.

I grew up in a house full of women - I have four sisters. I'm more feminine than some gay men.

For me, I've always been the guy who self-sabotages.

I have a fan who suffered with leukemia, and apparently, the only thing that helped him through that was my music, so of course that's the ultimate sense of achievement. It's an incredible feeling.

It's always amazing when a fan will say you've helped them through some kind of adversity.

One of my fans made a lifelike doll of me. It was incredible - it looked just like me - but an effigy is kinda weird.

I had nothing and lived in the most insignificant place.