I'll never be Bob Dylan. He's the master.

The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I'm doin' now, man, for more years than I know. I got it from them.

I heard Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, and that was it. I didn't ever want to be anything else. I just started banging away and semi-studied classical music at the Royal Academy of Music but sort of half-heartedly.

Knowing that I inspired SAM SMITH is one of the most powerful experiences I've had as an artist. I was Sam. I still am Sam.

You've been my inspiration, through the lies you were the truth. My world is a better place because of you.

Amy [Winehouse] changed pop music forever, I remember knowing there was hope, and feeling not alone because of her. She lived jazz, she lived the blues.