Lewis Capaldi

“The fact you have to pay 50p to use the loo in some places is the root of the world's issues.”

“I like social media.”

“When I was 13, I went on 'Britain's Got Talent.' I auditioned. I sang a cover of a song called 'White Blank Page' by Mumford & Sons.”

“Even if 'Bruises' had done a fraction of what it did, I would have thought that was class.”

“I'm under no illusion. There are lots of male singers out there with raspy voices.”

“I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel. I'm just writing songs that I like, and that's where I've always come from.”

“I was doing a wee gig at the Edinburgh Fringe, and while I was walking down to the show from the train station, someone stopped and asked if they could get a picture with me. This was about six months before I released my first single as well, so my response was, 'Are you sure?'”

“For me, I feel most at home when I'm playing live.”

“I have been gigging around Glasgow and Edinburgh since I was 12. I played in pubs at that age, even though I obviously was too young to be in them. So I used to hide in bathrooms, come out and play my set, then get the hell out as quickly as possible.”

“I did my HNC and my HND at college in Motherwell, and the plan I had was to do third year at uni and then to try and get into teaching.”

“It's the actual recording of the vocal that is the most boring thing you'll ever do in your life.”

“I was born in Glasgow and brought up in a place in between Glasgow and Edinburgh called West Lothian!”

“I see all these posts saying, 'I met Lewis Capaldi,' and in the picture, I look like a melting hippo.”

“Playing live and making a living from music was always the only goal.”

“For me, getting my personality across is so important in getting that connection for people that enjoy my music.”

“If you take yourself too seriously, something like a bad review could put you off your stride.”

“I'm just a wee, chubby boy that happens to sing songs.”