18 Quotes by Thomas Grennan

Alex Turner is one of my heroes - his lyrics are genius.

I don't want to sound like anyone else, I wanted to be in my own creative space and find this river of melody myself.

I think a lot of people think you've made it when you sign, but that's when the hard work starts. But it's all been mad enjoyable seeing fans grow.

Seeing them all on Twitter, see it happening at shows, audiences getting bigger. I can't believe I'm doing Brixton. But it's all happened organically, that's why I love it. I've never been a beggar, and I don't think I've begged it at all.

I just had loads of thoughts in my head, and I didn't like talking about them, so I kind of just sung about them.

I want a number one record, I want to be travelling the world, I want to be playing in front of thousands of people.

My music, it's hitting the real people. It's hitting the mums, it's hitting the blokes and the lads, it's also hitting the kids and the people my age.

There's only a few proper rock 'n' roll stars. I think it will come back - there's definitely room for a bad boy or bad girl. It's way too nice at the moment in pop, everyone's got to be so nice.

I got told that Elton John might be ringing me - it was for his radio station - then he ended up calling and saying that he loves what I'm doing, my music.