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My thing is, for artists who are having success, being given an award shouldn't be the thing that defines you in the first place.
Craig David
If you're in a good relationship, you should be able to say to your girlfriend, 'That girl walking down the street is great.'
Certain key words, like, 'break it down', 'this is how we do it' - they'll always end up on my tracks.
I'm grateful for what I have and the people around me.
Life is all about how things rough up against you and how you see them and the vantage point you have from them.
My songs are a time stamp for a lot of people's lives.
You find your personality real quick in school.
I feel, in the sense that if you're heterosexual, if you're bisexual, if you're gay, if you're a lesbian, if you're transgender, whatever the vibe is, that's what you represent. I've always found it quite strange that we always like to try and define people and say this is how it is, and this is how it should be.
I bought a dodgy gold ring off a guy in Southampton. He told me to check it was real gold by heating it up with a lighter and pressing it against my skin, because real gold doesn't burn. I still have the scar on my left hand.
I think I'd be a very good dad, and I think I'd have a lot of wisdom to share.
If I couldn't sing tomorrow, I'd still write songs cos I'm passionate about that.
With every person you meet, there is a new and exciting experience to be had.
I aspired to playing at Glastonbury, not just the Camden Palais.
I never let anyone know I was insecure about it - it was my own little thing - but I did have a problem being overweight. I always felt people were looking at me in a certain way as opposed to who I really was.
We can all accept criticism of creative work, but to be publicly ridiculed for it is incredibly difficult to deal with.
That whole 'Bo' Selecta!' thing was damaging. I played along with it; I said it was cool, I can take a joke, roll with it, so I went on the show. But it was killing me.
Thankfully, my manager didn't talk me into 'Big Brother' or 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!'
When I grew up, I was living on a council estate overlooking a car park for a good 16 years of my life.
The council estate I grew up on wasn't too bad.
I'm all about the melody.
I'm a big fan of Usher, and I'd love for us to record together.
There's nothing that I own that really makes me as happy as knowing that the people around me are all good.
'Fill Me In' went to number one at the same time Destiny's Child released 'Say My Name.' Having a number one over Destiny's Child at their peak was just madness to me.
I am only as good as my last song. Hits are a pension, but I don't want to rest on those songs. I want to have a future.
Everything around me is surreal. I get picked up in cars and go to celebrity bashes, and I get sponsorship on clothes, and it's great, and I really enjoy it. But you should remember where it all started: the music. That's the key.
I'd love to reach the pinnacle where you just can't wait to get the new album by Craig David.
We need to stop thinking the grass is greener on the other side and be happy with the love we have.
When you first come out of the box, you want to play the 300-capacity place, then it's 1,600-capacity, then it's an arena - so, do you want to be in a stadium now? The ego keeps telling you that it's not enough.
Let me create great music, go in the studio, and possibly become a memory and a time stamp in people's lives - and just give the best performances, because I know that's all that really matters.
I grew up in Southampton. My mum was a shop assistant; my dad was a carpenter. They broke up when I was eight.
I grew up on dancehall music, and it holds a strong place in my heart.
I like buying people little things, not flooding them with money, trying to win them.
Take anything seriously in life, and you set yourself up for peril - trust me.
I wrote a song called 'Four Times A Lady' for Destiny's Child, and it was perfect. But then I had to spin it back and change all the lyrics to a guy's point of view cos I thought the track was too good to give away, heh heh. It's Craig David now.
I'm an only child, so I got spoilt a lot. Which was a good thing.
I leave it very open because, at the end of the day, it's one of those things where I shouldn't have to reinforce and state, 'No, I'm a heterosexual' - because that's all nonsense.
It is cool to be gay, but I am not.
It's like a god-given gift that I've actually been able to go out and sing my songs.
When I go on stage, there's no way I can do the kind of show I do and not be fit for it. I can't. I want to give everything.
I love songs, so when you're song-based, it doesn't matter which way the production leans.
For any healthy relationship to work, you have to be able have that time to spend with your friends.
I'm a music man.
Me and guitar music is so entwined.
I've experienced everything any aspiring artist could ever want.
I always find that, when it comes to writing songs, if the melody and the chords are working, we're 90 per cent there.
When I started writing material, I realised you could take a ballad like Usher's 'Nice and Slow', sing the same melody over a garage track, and everyone would be up and dancing.
If I live my life through nostalgia and what I did in the past and expect to be the new kid people have just discovered again, then unfortunately, I'm creating my own demise.
I have enough rings to cover both hands, but that is crass. There is a fine line between looking nice and looking over. Sometimes, I look at myself and say, 'Craig, that is over.' You have to be careful.
I was devastated by Gene Wilder's death.
Be yourself. If you're not yourself, who are you? But take advice; listen to people. If you're not listening, you're lost. You're a sheep among wolves.
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