The town I grew up in, there were no musicians to play with; it was just me. The town I grew up in, there was two shops: like, a paper shop that sells confectionery, sweets and stuff, and, like, a farm supplies and a petrol station. That was literally it.

Tom Walker

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I can't believe I've met the royal family. It's, like, one of those things you never expect to do in your life.

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I started out with acoustic guitar and loop pedal because I thought I wanted to be Ed Sheeran.

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Sam Smith knew who I was!

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It's funny going to America because you're starting again. You've just won a Brit Award, but nobody will care. You have to prove yourself, but it's good to do that stuff. You might be big in Britain, but you still have to work at it everywhere else.

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Sometimes music can really seem like a popularity contest with beautiful people.

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I saw Angus Young running around in a schoolboy uniform shredding on the guitar and just thought, 'That looks like a cool job.'

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If you want to make it in America, you've got to work for it. And I kind of like that.

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I'm not trying to appeal to anybody. I just try to do my thing and make the best music I can make.

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I grew up in a Glaswegian house because my parents are fairly Glaswegian-sounding.

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As a 27-year-old, I'm like, 'everything is hard for me. Being young is so difficult.'

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I always write music if I'm feeling a bit rubbish and I don't know how to get over or through something.

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I set out to make music people enjoy, but it is really cool that it is helping people get through.

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I wasn't sure what to expect when I toured with Danny from The Script, but he is so nice.

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Each song is a little snippet of my life - and I got to work with Rudimental!

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I did splash out on a 1964 Fender Jaguar guitar in L.A.

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I was a part- time chef. I can cook you the best steak you've ever had.

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I didn't start singing and writing songs properly until I was 19.

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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.

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As soon as I'm in the studio for too long, I wanna be out on tour.

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I feel like songwriting, for me, is kind of therapy.

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