Quotes by Paolo Nutini

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

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

My father was very encouraging.

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.

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.

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.

I try not to get too self-absorbed.

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.

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

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.