I don't think that there's much that sets me apart from other musicians, but I think there are definitely things that set me apart from other kinds of artists. I feel that musicians do it their own way, write their own songs and put on a great live shows.

I get tweets every single day going, like, 'I'm so glad you weren't on 'The X Factor.'

I've always had really messy hair.

The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.

I think I’ve been around for a while. But I still have to pay my dues.

I really don’t know what’s good or bad art because all the art I like people tell me is tasteless.

I was on some TV shows with Lady Gaga the other week, and you could see the difference in reaction between her fans and my fans outside. She comes out, and she looks like a star, and the reaction is just tears, crying, people going, ‘Oh my God, Oh my God.’ My fans are like: ‘Alright, Ed.’

As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people’s situations.

Never be friends with your exes if you weren’t friends with them before.

I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I’m going to always, always write about what I want, even if it doesn’t necessarily cater to most of them.