Ed Sheeran

The public has heard the stereotypical love songs a million times, and they've heard the stereotypical life-or-death songs millions of times. It's good to mix it up a little bit. ”

As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people's situations. ”

I don't really do that whole 'single life' thing. I'm kind of heads down and get things done. ”

I do like my hair. It took a while to come around to the fact that it was quite a unique value point. ”

Try to find someone with a sense of humor. That's an important thing to have because when you get into an argument, one of the best ways to diffuse it is to be funny. You don't want to hide away from a point, because some points are serious, but you'd rather have a discussion that was a discussion, rather than an argument. ”

I've done some really weird gigs. The ones where no one turned up - they're probably not the interesting ones to talk about. I played some pretty random ones in L.A. I signed to play all-R&B nights or an all-comedy night where I'd be the only white person there. They were fun. ”

I don't know if my songs fit in films. ”

If Adele's seen as boring, then I'm happy to be boring as well. ”

Nashville is wicked. It's like a proper music community, but it's also quintessentially American. You bump into people there with cowboy hats that spit in jars and call you 'boy.' I just love that. ”

I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm going to always, always write about what I want, even if it doesn't necessarily cater to most of them. ”