Ed Sheeran Quotes - Page 3

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.

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.

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

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

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 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.'

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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