A biography for Tom Walkerhasn’t been written yet.
“I started out with acoustic guitar and loop pedal because I thought I wanted to be Ed Sheeran.”
“I'm a huge fan of Paolo Nutini, I'm so in love with his songs and his voice.”
“I'm a bit of a perfectionist and sometimes need someone to tell me to stop.”
“I've got such close ties to both... Glasgow with all my family, then Manchester with all my mates that I grew up with. So my heart is definitely in both.”
“Winning the Brit award - I really didn't expect to win, and I was just there for the party, but then I actually won it! I'll never forget that moment and the weeks leading up to it.”
“It's always just nice to see your hard work paying off.”
“I didn't start singing and writing songs properly until I was 19.”
“I always write music if I'm feeling a bit rubbish and I don't know how to get over or through something.”
“I wasn't sure what to expect when I toured with Danny from The Script, but he is so nice.”
“I was a massive fan of AC/DC, Foo Fighters, Muse - I went to see all of them live. B.B. King, Chuck Berry, I love Ray Charles. I just like a bit of everything.”
“My dad is a huge music and vinyl fan.”
“My first concert I can remember was AC/DC when I was 9 years old, in Paris. It's a good first one!”
“If you want to make it in America, you've got to work for it. And I kind of like that.”
“Each song is a little snippet of my life - and I got to work with Rudimental!”
“I really am very grateful for the support from everyone in Scotland.”
“Sam Smith knew who I was!”
“As a 27-year-old, I'm like, 'everything is hard for me. Being young is so difficult.'”
“I grew up in a Glaswegian house because my parents are fairly Glaswegian-sounding.”
“I feel like songwriting, for me, is kind of therapy.”
“There's something about the pipes that just connects with Scots, they go mental for it - it's in our DNA somehow.”