Ed Sheeran

Growing up, I was inspired by The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Damian Rice was a huge influence for me musically. ”

It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing. Growing up, I was inspired by The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Damian Rice was a huge influence for me musically. ”

I want to have a career that evolves as I go on. ”

In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude. ”

I'm a huge hip-hop fan from way back in the day. ”

But once you've made a song and you put it out there, you don't own it anymore. The public own it. It's their song. It might be their song that they wake up to, or their song they have a shower to, or their song that they drive home to or their song they cry to, scream to, have babies to, have weddings to - like, it isn't your song anymore. ”

The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of people that are genuinely fans of your music. ”

I was on some TV shows with Lady Gaga the other week, and you could see the difference in reaction between her fans and my fans outside. She comes out, and she looks like a star, and the reaction is just tears, crying, people going, 'Oh my God, Oh my God.' My fans are like: 'Alright, Ed.' ”

The whole 'studly womaniser' thing, I mean, I quite enjoy the title - it's just not very accurate. ”

I saw Damien Rice in Dublin when I was 13, and that inspired me to want to pursue being a songwriter... I practised relentlessly and started recording my own EPs. At 16, I moved to London and played any gigs I could, selling CDs from my rucksack to fund recording the next, and it snowballed from there. ”