Naughty Boy

“I was obsessed with everything that the producer Salaam Remi did with both Amy Winehouse and Ms. Dynamite.”

“The only thing I want to be known for is my music.”

“I'm pretty at zen with my past.”

“I didn't grow up with any kind of music lessons, which is what I wanted. You've got to pay for these things. And the school I was in, music wasn't the main focus; there probably wasn't the budget. So it really had to come from within, this urgency.”

“You can do so much with vegetables when you add spice.”

“I dropped out of a degree course and I did two things. I applied to The Prince's Trust and Deal Or 'No Deal.' I had thought one of them would work because I needed a laptop and some software to be taken seriously. I got both. That was the start.”

“Coming into the music industry was scary for me!”

“I think celebrities who just get whatever they can free is not fair.”

“With Zayn, it was different because we were genuinely best friends doing the best friend thing. You won't see me do that with anyone else.”

“I don't want to lose who I am.”

“For a while I toyed around with the idea of doing a Banksy; not letting anyone know what I looked like.”

“I want to make music to inspire people, for weddings and even funerals.”

“I'm not trying to be as famous as my music, I just want to inspire young people.”

“There's obviously a problem with finding a star that has any real longevity.”

“I had always wanted to sample the White Town song 'Your Woman' and to hear what it would sound like with a woman's vocal since I was a kid.”

“I'm the kind of guy who, if I am feeling something, I won't carry it.”

“I like songs that don't just repeat verse/chorus.”

“I wasn't nervous on 'Deal Or No Deal' because they had kept me there for 26 shows. I was opening boxes first for other contestants.”

“With 'Deal Or No Deal,' I could have gone on there and walked away with a pound. So winning that money felt like fate.”

“Don't be afraid of being yourself.”