Musician

What's fulfilling is being happy and being able to help other people. The simple things.

People were telling me it was refreshing I was real because previous 'X Factor' winners were too afraid to say anything. I decided to go against the grain. But I took it too far.

I've always looked over my shoulder, especially in my hometown.

I felt like I couldn't wallow in self-pity forever. I can't beat myself up forever.

I don't know if speaking to a therapist is right for everyone.

I really want to do acting, and I don't want to be typecast because of my tattoos.

My Number 1 Award is going to go on my mantelpiece, and I'll probably kiss it for two weeks solid every time I pass it!

I wasn't a happy kid. I felt like my mum ruined our chance of a better life, because when she remarried, we went to live in Bahrain, on a compound with a swimming pool, and she ruined it all.

I'm not a shiny pop star.

I have been through and seen so many dramas and traumas and been in so many situations that I can probably interpret a few different characters.

I'm not a shiny pop star.

I'm trying this thing where I don't regret as much 'cause it doesn't really work that well to regret things.

If you haven't got help, all you can do is make good music.

The thing is, I knew from the very first audition that I did not fit the classic 'X Factor' criteria.

I've always thought I'm pretty ugly.

'X Factor' was the best experience of my life to be part of a show watched by so many people.

I am a massive film geek, and I love movies.

I'd say to all kids, don't have a tattoo until you're 21.

I had nothing and lived in the most insignificant place.

I was asked, 'Why do you think the male 'X Factor' winners haven't been successful in the past?' And I said, 'Because obviously the body of work that they've brought out wasn't good enough,' and that was it.