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.
— Craig David
I see some artists who disown songs they love when they don't chart well. Would you do that to your children? Trust me, children ain't gonna do all the right things, so are you gonna disown them or embrace them and say, 'No, you're still my child. You didn't go out and do the right thing, but I'll still love you in the same way?'
I've experienced everything any aspiring artist could ever want.
What I like about Kasabian is that it's melody driven.
I could never have dreamed of picking up an Ivor Novello for anything... but for Songwriter Of The Year, it's just amazing.
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 admiration for beautiful women.
It's like a god-given gift that I've actually been able to go out and sing my songs.
I like buying people little things, not flooding them with money, trying to win them.
If you're in a good relationship, you should be able to say to your girlfriend, 'That girl walking down the street is great.'
You know a date's gone really well when she's happy with nothing fancier than a Big Mac and fries!
As much as money is important for security, for me, it is worth nothing without music.
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.
I grew up in Southampton. My mum was a shop assistant; my dad was a carpenter. They broke up when I was eight.
We can all accept criticism of creative work, but to be publicly ridiculed for it is incredibly difficult to deal with.
I let the music do the talking, and people are still getting feelings from my songs.
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 relish performing.
Take anything seriously in life, and you set yourself up for peril - trust me.
I'm a big fan of Usher, and I'd love for us to record together.
Kasabian are wicked. They've got the hit songs, but it's the presence in the performance and the attitude with it that I love.
Writing for others is great cos you can tailor it for them.
We tend to always want to obtain something new and something more, and we never really enjoy what we have.
Certain key words, like, 'break it down,' 'this is how we do it' - they'll always end up on my tracks.
I'd love to reach the pinnacle where you just can't wait to get the new album by Craig David.
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.
People use the 'love' word too early. When you've got that trust thing locked down, when you've lived together, and you know each other's good and bad qualities inside out, at that moment, you know if you truly love someone.
I'm a music man.
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.
The council estate I grew up on wasn't too bad.
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.
What I dislike about going to the club is if you're not behind that red rope, you feel you're missing something special going on.
My songs are a time stamp for a lot of people's lives.
My mum made the best roasts.
Thankfully, my manager didn't talk me into 'Big Brother' or 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!'
Don't take social media seriously. Don't buy into the hype.
I love songs, so when you're song-based, it doesn't matter which way the production leans.
I just keep it real, and I have written songs from my heart and performed them how they should be performed.
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.
When I grew up, I was living on a council estate overlooking a car park for a good 16 years of my life.
If I couldn't sing tomorrow, I'd still write songs cos I'm passionate about that.
Getting my mum a house was a really great feeling.
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.
Jessica Alba's very beautiful; so is Sienna Miller.
More than meeting people and going out with girls, I'm focused on my music.
By fusing R&B with a U.K. garage sound, you can create energy. 'Fill Me In' showed me that.
My grandmother and my mother raised me, but my dad made a conscious effort to be in my life - every weekend he would take me out.
I grew up on dancehall music, and it holds a strong place in my heart.
I always felt like I had stability, doing things with my dad and living with my mum.
I was devastated by Gene Wilder's death.
