Lewis Capaldi

The first artist whose music I really got into was Paolo Nutini. When his album 'Sunny Side Up' came out, I think I listened to it on repeat for, like, six months.

Trust me, I do not have an online strategy.

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

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.

I would have been happy teaching music in schools - I still would be, and I still might be, although I don't know if I'm clever enough.

Having lots of human interaction online and during shows is very important to me.

Anything I wrote before the age of 17 is probably worth putting a pin in and moving on.

The first time I played in front of a live audience, I realised I wanted to be a musician. I was about four years old and had always liked music.

I had gigged so much from the age of 11 to 20 that I got to a stage where I actually got less nervous the bigger the gig. But you need those butterflies: they make you feel alive.

A lot of people say that 'the best songs fall into your lap' and that they're the easiest ones to write and take the shortest amount of time: I wholeheartedly disagree with that.

I saw Marti Pellow in pantomime in Glasgow one time.

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.