I think if you don't expect anything from the world, you'll have a lovely time.
Lewis Capaldi
I never thought I'd get to the point where I'd be able to release a proper album, and I absolutely never thought that when I did, I would give it a name as stupid I have, but here we are.
I think you just have to be yourself instead of catering your sound to a specific audience, make the music you want to make, and the audience will find you.
I'm just a wee, chubby boy that happens to sing songs.
The fact you have to pay 50p to use the loo in some places is the root of the world's issues.
I tweeted that I wanted Little Mix's 'Touch' played at my funeral - I think that'd be a great song to send me into the abyss.
I've got quite a loud voice.
If you take yourself too seriously, something like a bad review could put you off your stride.
Everyone always tells you about how amazing recording their first album was and how they'll always look back on the 'process' with fond memories. I will look back on it as an extremely stressful time that somehow also managed to be extremely boring.
I've been ghosted by all four members of Little Mix.
If you're writing about what you're feeling about something, then you're in good stead.
It's when I'm playing a headline show I feel weird, 'cause I don't know how to react to people coming out to see me.
It doesn't matter how big the shows are, as long as I'm making a living playing music. That's all that matters to me.
I'd be up for the 'Bond' theme, and I'd put my name forward for the lead role. If they want a wee, chubby guy from Scotland, then I'm their man.
People take music too seriously.
A top 100 single was never on the cards for me, really, like in my own head.
I like talking to anyone that will listen.
For me, there's bands like Frightened Rabbit and The View, and they've all had that Scottish accent. It's just class to hear it.
If you don't feel comfortable talking about really personal things in your music, you shouldn't do it. There's plenty of other things to write about.
A lot of people say that 'the best songs fall into your lap' and that they're the easiest ones to write and take the shortest amount of time: I wholeheartedly disagree with that.
I think the first thing you release should come from you. If you want your first piece to be exactly how you want it to be, and how you see it, you should release it yourself.
I did my HNC and my HND at college in Motherwell, and the plan I had was to do third year at uni and then to try and get into teaching.
My goal was to play 350-capacity rooms in the U.K. and, if I was lucky, 100-capacity rooms in Europe. I just wanted to play music and make money off it.
When I was 13, I went on 'Britain's Got Talent.' I auditioned. I sang a cover of a song called 'White Blank Page' by Mumford & Sons.
For me, getting my personality across is so important in getting that connection for people that enjoy my music.
I played a lot of pubs, and some were a bit rougher than others, but once you got on, it was the same reception everywhere.
Doing a festival in Hong Kong was special, looking out and seeing this massive crowd and the city.
My eldest brother is six years older than me.
I like social media.
Even the idea of people paying to hear me shouting into a microphone for an hour is alien to me - and I hope it always will be.
I see all these posts saying, 'I met Lewis Capaldi,' and in the picture, I look like a melting hippo.
I would love to do something with Bill Withers just because I think he's next-level, just so, so class!
I don't think writing open-ended lyrics is necessarily an important part of writing good pop songs.
I used to do covers gigs that would be 90 minutes, with a 30 minute break, then another 90.
Trust me, I do not have an online strategy.
Even if 'Bruises' had done a fraction of what it did, I would have thought that was class.
I was doing a wee gig at the Edinburgh Fringe, and while I was walking down to the show from the train station, someone stopped and asked if they could get a picture with me. This was about six months before I released my first single as well, so my response was, 'Are you sure?'
I remember hearing people like Joe Cocker, Fleetwood Mac, and Elvis. My parents were big fans of them, and they were the early seeds. My brother was more into Slipknot, and I still listen to them, too, but it wasn't until I listened to Paolo Nutini that it really clicked.
The first artist whose music I really got into was Paolo Nutini. When his album 'Sunny Side Up' came out, I think I listened to it on repeat for, like, six months.
I would have been happy teaching music in schools - I still would be, and I still might be, although I don't know if I'm clever enough.
I had gigged so much from the age of 11 to 20 that I got to a stage where I actually got less nervous the bigger the gig. But you need those butterflies: they make you feel alive.
I don't blame people or 'pop stars' or whatever for being so quiet, but you can't take it too seriously, especially on social media. It's a very hard thing to be yourself, especially when people are watching, so I don't blame them for being a bit reserved.
Anything I wrote before the age of 17 is probably worth putting a pin in and moving on.
I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel. I'm just writing songs that I like, and that's where I've always come from.
I think my best songs come from me sitting at a piano, bashing my head against a brick wall for hours and hours on end to get one good melody.
When I was, like, 17 or 18 and didn't really have anything I needed to buy, we would do these pub gigs for some cash and would usually just spend our wage back in the pub immediately after.
The sooner you start writing songs, the sooner you'll get better.
My mum and dad have made Twitter accounts, and they will send me links if there is a bad review and tell me they'll find out where the reviewer lives.
Having lots of human interaction online and during shows is very important to me.
I think soul singers are much better singers than I am.
