Calum Scott

“I used to hate myself for being gay. I couldn't come to terms with it.”

“I am doing something I love, travelling the world, meeting fans, feeling confident, and I am no longer restricted by my sexuality.”

“'No Matter What' is, without question, the most personal song I have ever written and the one I am most proud of.”

“Since I became more confident, I've thought, 'Right, let me get myself on the market'. So I joined Tinder and Chappie, and it was funny because, at first, the sites thought I was an imposter.”

“I used to work full time in an office, hiding away in my desk. Now, I have the opportunity to do something I love. And every day is a dream come true for me. I'm just generally grateful for all the love and support, and I will continue to give my 101 percent.”

“I remember learning as a kid that love meant loneliness and confusion.”

“Just celebrate who you are and be happy with you are. Take all the ups and downs together, as you're only human.”

“I am so confident and empowered by my sexuality; it plays an enormous part in my life.”

“I find myself in a position where I have a voice that has the potential to influence - I want to use that to inspire confidence in those that have yet to find it, to inspire compassion in those who don't understand, but most importantly, to inspire love in everyone through the experiences and stories that we can all relate to or empathize with.”

“I want to reach out to everybody with my music and my album, but you're never going to please everybody. Someone's going to say something because, you know, it's an opinionated industry.”

“There are a lot of songs about love and how it starts, whether that's realizing it yourself or coming to find it later on - but no sort of talk about the actual feelings that are created from love and passion.”

“I have worked with a lot of people, all very different creatives, helping me hone my craft and discover myself as an artist and the record I want to make. It's such an amazing process seeing and hearing the tracks that people could eventually be listening to on my debut album!”

“I cannot thank the LGBT+ community enough for their support, for their love, for their acceptance, and for the first time in a letter, I am incredibly proud to say that I am gay and have never been happier.”

“When my friends started to care about getting girlfriends, I really didn't. I started to think, literally, 'What's wrong with me?' and, 'Why can't I be normal like everybody else?'”

“I would say I am one of those people who just love to connect to people doing something I love. Can't lie, love a ballad, so expect big, powerful, emotive stuff from me!”

“As a singer, you want to connect with as many people as possible; that's my whole thing.”

“When somebody says, 'I don't like your cover'... that's fair enough, but then this person has just written to me and said that they've come out to their family because of my interpretation. So I've got to balance everything. And yeah... that warms my heart.”

“I started to feel songwriting was pulling different pieces of my heart out - the more I started writing, the more there was honesty.”

“My fans have been incredible since day one... Literally, the only reason I get to do what I do! I love every single one of them, and I am still being discovered by people! Just want to share what I do with everyone!”

“I'm kind of unlucky in love and I have, for some reason, always fallen for the straight guy.”