Jake bugg

I would love to have been born in the '60s.

It can be disheartening to see acts that don't necessarily have any input on their own material to do so well in the charts.

I play music because I love it and I'll keep playin' till I'm old.

If a song is longer than three and a half minutes, it'll need something to keep you entertained.

My mum was a single mum on the dole.

Before I was 12 years old, I had no interest in music; I was just into football. Then I heard Don McLean's 'Vincent' come on at the end of an episode of 'The Simpsons.' You know when you hear...

The papers, you know, they're always gonna just make stuff up. They think it's in the public interest.

I don't need an award to inspire me to keep making music.

Bob Dylan is great. I've been compared to him a lot. I think when people see a person on stage with a guitar they just think, 'Bob Dylan!'

Obviously, with your first album, you want to make sure you are really happy with it.