“It's so important that we use the platform of Eurovision to celebrate ...” — Sam Ryder Quote

“It's so important that we use the platform of Eurovision to celebrate solidarity and to shine light into darkness.”

“All I can do is focus on doing my best work.”

“I've been playing music for a long time, mostly to empty rooms. That's not me getting the violin out. That's the reality for so many people. Absolutely grafting, carrying on regardless with a sort of blind ambition, believing that you'll make it one day and it might not be tomorrow.”

“Don't forget to celebrate. When I was first coming up, everything was so serious - we were always rushing to get to the next thing - that we didn't take the time to say, 'Man, look what we did just now.'”

“America is the one place where you can talk of 'this nation' and everyone knows exactly what you think. People put a flag on their porch, and they do have a desire to localize everything and celebrate things locally.”

“My favourite thing about the holiday season is to spend time with family and friends and to take time off to celebrate.”