Amy Macdonald

“I support Rangers and every time an Old Firm match comes up people will talk about it and look forward to it.”

“As a very patriotic and passionate Scot, singing the anthem at a big football match means the world to me and I'm so lucky and so honoured that I get asked to do this.”

“On my first album some of the songs were written when I was 14 or 15 so your life experience means you change, but my style is similar.”

“You just have to have a song that you're desperate to play along to, and for me it was 'Turn' by the Scottish band Travis. I went to see them headline the Scottish T in the Park Festival, so after that festival, I went home and taught myself all of the Travis back catalog with an old guitar and a little chord book.”

“No, I'm never confident with what I do, particularly playing and singing!”

“To me, the term 'best of' is quite embarrassing, I think of Madonna and Bruce Springsteen and all these amazing artists. I don't really see myself in that kind of gang, unfortunately.”

“I have been offered so many parts in movies and I just think it's so outrageous as I've never really done acting or things like that.”

“I love going out and touring, and maybe people understand that it's not about making a quick buck. Maybe that translates.”

“I'm someone that maybe people who don't know a lot about me actually know more of my songs than they think they do.”

“I just go out and sing my songs. I don't put on elaborate stage shows with ridiculous fancy dress.”

“I'm always being told I've got an old head on young shoulders, which is probably due to the way my mum and dad brought me up.”

“We watch a load of films on the tour bus. We all watched Michael Jackson's 'This Is It', which was really amazing and it is a shame we will never get to see him perform live again.”

“I've seen other people getting into trouble for glamorising breaking the law.”

“I don't have the songwriter's obligatory sob story. My sister and I both had a very happy, normal childhood and we've turned into sensible adults.”

“I wouldn't have wasted a lot of time pursuing music. I was very lucky that my first demos got accepted.”

“I've been on loads of promotional trips in so many other countries, and most of the time, you just want to go home.”

“Singing Flower of Scotland was the only thing that made me nervous.I don't get nervous doing my own shows.”

“I come from Glasgow and being from Glasgow everyone knows about Celtic and Rangers. It is a big part of most people's lives.”

“My band and I sometimes can't believe where we are in the world and what we're doing. But I'm very privileged to be in this position.”

“I could tell when I first started having sessions with stylists that my size was an issue. No one outright told me to lose weight but I knew it was a problem. I started to lose weight when I began touring.”