Tom Walker

“I'm not trying to appeal to anybody. I just try to do my thing and make the best music I can make.”

“I stay round at gran's when I come up to visit.”

“It's amazing to be nominated for two Brits, and I'm in great company. I'm not a politician out blagging votes, but if people like what I do and feel like giving me a vote for British Breakthrough, imagine how mint it would be if I actually won.”

“Scottish crowds are always a good laugh: they never take life too seriously, and there's always great banter.”

“I was a part- time chef. I can cook you the best steak you've ever had.”

“It's funny going to America because you're starting again. You've just won a Brit Award, but nobody will care. You have to prove yourself, but it's good to do that stuff. You might be big in Britain, but you still have to work at it everywhere else.”

“Toilets are the best place for awards.”

“I did splash out on a 1964 Fender Jaguar guitar in L.A.”

“Eventually, my dad bought me a guitar for Christmas, and then I just went from there, man. I bought a drum kit a few years later and bought a bass, started producing, started singing.”

“I set out to make music people enjoy, but it is really cool that it is helping people get through.”

“I've always loved good music; I'm not really fussed where it comes from.”

“As soon as I'm in the studio for too long, I wanna be out on tour.”

“It was awesome growing up listening to Oasis and Paolo Nutini, but I also loved growing up listening to Ray Charles and Muddy Waters.”

“I can't believe I've met the royal family. It's, like, one of those things you never expect to do in your life.”

“I saw Angus Young running around in a schoolboy uniform shredding on the guitar and just thought, 'That looks like a cool job.'”

“My dad took me to loads of concerts when I was growing up.”

“Sometimes music can really seem like a popularity contest with beautiful people.”

“I have received so many messages from people all over the world who've connected with 'Leave A Light On' and shared their own story of struggles and the people who've helped them.”

“I tried to take my gran to the Brits, but she's 81, and I don't know if she was up for making the whole journey all that way for one night anyway.”

“The town I grew up in, there were no musicians to play with; it was just me. The town I grew up in, there was two shops: like, a paper shop that sells confectionery, sweets and stuff, and, like, a farm supplies and a petrol station. That was literally it.”