Quotes By Ed Sheeran

Before I save someone else, I have to save myself.

Just be you. That's the best advice I can give. There are seven billion people in this world and there is no one like you.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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'll be drunk again to feel a little love.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

The worst things in life come free to us.