“I wanted to change my name when I first started because I thought, 'No...” — Sam Fender Quote

“I wanted to change my name when I first started because I thought, 'No-one is going to believe that it is my name.'”

“I write from the perspective of an early 20s kid who is trying to grasp an idea of what the hell is going on.”

“A lot of my songs are just posing questions, because I'm on a journey to find the answers myself.”

“Until I got my teeth done? No-one would even look at me.”

“I've always wanted to write a book. And it turned out that it was more about finding a story that I felt I was necessary for, that no-one else could write.”

“In the UK, everyone's quite conservative. No-one wants to look like a fan.”