Ed Sheeran quotes:

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.'

Country music is some of the best-written music in the world, so yeah, one day, I would keep my mind open to doing a country record.

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

Pizza is a circle. Pizza is my life. Pizza is the circle of life,

I think encouraging young people to twerk might be a bad thing. It's a stripper's move. If I had a daughter of nine, I wouldn't want her twerking.

I think I need to accept the fact that I am where I am today because fans have shared my music illegally and legally, but I wouldn't be here today without the Internet, so I can't speak out against it.

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.

The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile. Always appreciate things, because [they] could be gone tomorrow.

I've always had really messy hair.

I would love to get a Moonman! I'd put it next to my other awards. I don't have a cabinet right now; they're just kind of all around my flat, one next to the TV, one in the bedroom. So, I'd have to build a cabinet.

My parents worked in the art world. They were really supportive of my music in that they allowed me to drop out of school and move out of our home, which not many parents would do.

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.

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

I think I've been around for a while. But I still have to pay my dues.

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

Everyone knows almost everything about me. I make it very clear that I'm cool with people knowing all my personal life through my songs.

It's too cold outside for angels to fly.

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?

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

I've never dated anyone in Hollywood - or anyone famous, for that matter. I don't know that I'm ever gonna write a song that you will know who it's about.

It's too cold outsideFor angels to flyAn angel will dieCovered in whiteClosed eyeAnd hoping for a better lifeThis time, we'll fade out tonightStraight down the line

Moments is about a girl dying and her boyfriend committing suicide because he can't live without her

The more you write tunes, the better they will become. The more you do gigs, the better you will become. It's just kind of like the facts of life; the practice makes perfect thing. Keep your fingers crossed, start from the bottom and work your way up.

Granny Sheeran told me when I'm looking for a partner to fall in love with their eyes cause eyes are the only things that don't age, so if you fall in love with their eyes you'll be in love forever.

I'll be drunk again to feel a little love.

If I ever have any back-up dancers, I want the penguins from Madagascar.

When my hair's all but gone and my memory fades And the crowds don't remember my name When my hands don't play the strings the same way I know you will still love me the same.

I don't kind of want to be known as a one-trick pony who just does the adult-alternative song once a year that makes it onto the radio and people sort of think it's nice.

Harry Potter is awesome.

Be yourself. Embrace your quirks.

People fall in love in mysterious ways Maybe just the touch of a hand Well me, I fall in love with you every single day.

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

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

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

Be a true Heart, not a follower.

Women who are into Lord of The Rings & The Hobbit are, like, the coolest people in the world

If love what you can't have, then you have to love what you've got

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

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.

With music, you could stick someone with a musical instrument or even not a musical instrument, get them to showcase their talent, and within 30 seconds you could tell whether they were good or not, but with acting you have to give them the right part.

For me, Spotify is not even a necessary evil. It helps me do what I want to do.

I used to get drunk in venues after my shows and sign the walls "Ed was here." So if you see that, it was me.

And you should never cut your hair 'cos I love the way you flick it off your shoulders

Instead of writing songs for girls, I tend to write albums, which I guess is a bit weird.

I'm quite arty. I didn't know whether to become an artist or musician but I realised I could paint with music. All my songs have colours.

I personally don't think ginger men have a habit of being attractive. We have to make ourselves seem attractive by doing stuff.

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.

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

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.

The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.

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

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.

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.

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.

My love songs are very personal and quite weird. They don't really have the big radio hit choruses because basically they're my therapy, stuff I have to get off my chest.

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.

I've always been a massive fan of John Mayer. I think he's very talented.

I'd like to have kids and a wife, and you know, drop them off at school and like, do normal things rather that constantly being on tour. Because I'm young now and I haven't really got a social life. This is all I do. It's the best job in the world, but I'll get to the point where there's more to life than work.

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.

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.

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

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

Ser un chico normal de 22 años, probablemente no es tan divertido como ser parte de One Direction.

The worst things in life comes free to us

Negativity isn't the way to go, smile more, eat some chocolate

And I know these scars will bleed, but both of our hearts believe all of these stars will guide us home

I've fallen for your eyes, but they don't know me yet

I think if you have someone without a sense of humor, you're less likely to be together.

No one else is going to do it for you, if you want it bad enough then go out and do it yourself.

People fall in love in mysterious ways. Maybe it's all part of a plan....

Success is the best revenge for anything. Keep ya head down and work hard to achieve.

Never be friends with your exes if you weren't friends with them before.

Kiss me like you want to be loved.

And they say She's in the class A Team Stuck in her daydream Been that way since eighteen, but lately, Her face seems Slowly sinking, wasting Crumbling like pastries And they scream The worst things in life come free to us Cos we're just under the upperhand Go mad for a couple grams And she don't want to go outside tonight And in a pipe she flies to the Motherland Or sells love to another man It's too cold outside For angels to fly Angels to fly

I wanna be drunk when I wake up, on the right side of the wrong bed.

I find the whole concept of women screaming at me so odd. It's very flattering, but I don't think I will ever consider myself to be a sex symbol.

It was always meant to ease out of a big radio song and flow into the next one. Don't is the bridge song in between Sing and Thinking Out Loud.

The tongue has no bones, but can break a heart.

I think to be successful at anything you have to put in a hell of a lot of effort. Pick your battles. I picked music, put in a lot of effort, and it's worked.

I want to make the songs good. I think this is my main focus.

What I can say is I think [Miley Cyrus] a fantastic artist. She's got a fantastic voice. I made a comment in the past that I really regret making because I never like being mean.

You kind of half-prepare a speech in your head, and then you get up there and then you end up saying nothing that was in your head before you went up there. It's a very weird thing. I never do award speeches too well.

[Miley Cyrus] got a fantastic voice. I do think she's a fantastic artist and does great songs. I wish her all the best.

I'm always doing something before I'm going to them. For instance, I was doing a show the night before this one. I never really think about it too much because it's always in the middle of a lot of things.

Emil's [Nava], the video director. Originally, I was meant to do all the stuff that the puppet was doing. I just wasn't that comfortable with doing it, so he had a puppet made.

Emil Nava brother is Jake Nava, who did Beyonce's Crazy In Love and stuff. He's always lived in his brother's shadow, and this is the first time that he's just killing sh*t. I'm really just happy that he's on top and really doing well.

I think that this win [Grammy] in particular was a cool moment for me and the director [Emil Nava], because it was the first award he's ever won.

The main idea of it was to multiply everything, to have a bigger sound and grow venue size and grow fan base. As for a lyrical theme of the album [named "X"], it's just diary entries; it's just kind of like three years of my life in songs.

I get tweets every single day going, like, 'I'm so glad you weren't on 'The X Factor.''

I would say, you can never do enough gigs and you can never do enough songs. Make sure that every opportunity you can, play a show and every opportunity you can, write a song.

I really don't know what's good or bad art because all the art I like people tell me is tasteless.

It's cool. One of the dudes who I made my album with who I'm a very good friend of for quite a while, I lived on his sofa for a while. And he's a professional guitar player, and he played for One Direction. And so I'd wake up on a sofa sometimes with Harry from One Direction on the other sofa, and I'd kind of be like 'you alright?'

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

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

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

I know you'll never love me like you used to.

Why didn't kill me it never made me stronger at all.

Without you to hold i'll be freezing.

I don't ever want to be perfect, Cause I'm a singer that you Never want to see shirtless

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

My uncle always said, â??Hurry slowly.â?? I guess [it means] have the intensity of love but donâ??t rush into it. Have the full feeling but take it slow. Ease into it.

Paper or razor blade, never give up And just remember just to hold out more A couple years ago I couldn't just control that thought You'd find me buskin' on the street When it was cold outdoors And now I'm sweating on the stage With the sold out tours Writing love songs for the sake of it Never to make a hit

A sense of humor is an important thing to have because when you get into an argument, one of the best ways to diffuse it is to be funny.

We keep this love in a photograph We made these memories for ourselves Where our eyes are never closing Hearts are never broken And time's forever frozen still

I've been feeling everything. From hate to love. From love to lust. From lust to truth. I guess that's how I know you.

I kind of like the way that I came up as an artist. I like experimenting.

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.