Ed Sheeran Quotes

"The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile."

"Be original; don't be scared of being bold!"

"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."

"'Kiss Me.' That's my 'Twilight' tune, a song you'd have on the 'Twilight' soundtrack."

"The more you write tunes, the better they will become. The more you do gigs, the better you will become."

"I'd like to say that I'm a rock star, but I'm not - I'm honestly more of a relationship kind of guy. I'm a guy you could take home to meet your mum rather than a guy your mum wouldn't like."

"I've never really been a confident person, except from a musical standpoint. I had to push myself early on, but it got easier with each gig."

"Some of my tattoos are a bit silly, but I know where and what time I got them."

"Everyone still thinks I'm Scottish - that's totally wicked."

"I've had years of teasing about my red hair, but I definitely think it toughened me up. If you're ginger, you end up pretty quick-witted."

"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."

"Whenever you have an ex, and they're like, 'I hope we can still be friends!' and you weren't friends before you started dating, then what do you go back to, really?"

"Music is a powerful tool in galvanizing people around an issue. There's no better way to get your point across than to put it in a beautiful song."

"I met Bill Clinton; he's a very nice guy. Yeah, Bill Clinton's cool."

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

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

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

"There were a couple of things I needed to do while I was in New York. One was to have a pizza pie, one was to get a tattoo... and the other was to get a Yankees hat."

"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 think YouTube has destroyed the genre barrier. People can be into Justin Bieber and Eminem at the same time. It's a good thing."

"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."

"Harry Potter is awesome."

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

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

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

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

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

"It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing."

"If I can put on my album in a car or on my headphones and listen to the whole thing and love it, that's what I'm going to be happy putting out there."

"I don't think that there's much that sets me apart from other musicians, but I think there are definitely things that set me apart from other kinds of artists. I feel that musicians do it their own way, write their own songs and put on a great live shows."