Ed Sheeran quote: "I think encouraging young people to twerk might be a bad thing. It's a stripper's move. If I had a daughter of nine, I wouldn't want her twerking."

I don't think that there's much that sets me apart from other musicians, but I think there a...
ED SHEERAN

I've always had really messy hair.
ED SHEERAN

In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.
ED SHEERAN

I don't really do that whole 'single life' thing. I'm kind of heads down and get thi...
ED SHEERAN

Some of my tattoos are a bit silly, but I know where and what time I got them.
ED SHEERAN

It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing.
ED SHEERAN

The whole 'studly womaniser' thing, I mean, I quite enjoy the title - it's just not very...
ED SHEERAN

I've never dated anyone in Hollywood - or anyone famous, for that matter. I don't know that ...
ED SHEERAN

The public has heard the stereotypical love songs a million times, and they've heard the stereot...
ED SHEERAN

I'd like to have kids and a wife, and you know, drop them off at school and like, do normal thin...
ED SHEERAN

I think I need to accept the fact that I am where I am today because fans have shared my music illeg...
ED SHEERAN

Nashville is wicked. It's like a proper music community, but it's also quintessentially Amer...
ED SHEERAN

I do like my hair. It took a while to come around to the fact that it was quite a unique value point...
ED SHEERAN

The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of peo...
ED SHEERAN

I've had years of teasing about my red hair, but I definitely think it toughened me up. If you&#...
ED SHEERAN

I personally don't think ginger men have a habit of being attractive. We have to make ourselves ...
ED SHEERAN

Whenever you have an ex, and they're like, 'I hope we can still be friends!' and you wer...
ED SHEERAN

Growing up, I was inspired by The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Damian Rice was a huge influence for me mus...
ED SHEERAN

I was on some TV shows with Lady Gaga the other week, and you could see the difference in reaction b...
ED SHEERAN

I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm g...
ED SHEERAN

But once you've made a song and you put it out there, you don't own it anymore. The public o...
ED SHEERAN

Try to find someone with a sense of humor. That's an important thing to have because when you ge...
ED SHEERAN

As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people'...
ED SHEERAN

I'm quite arty. I didn't know whether to become an artist or musician but I realised I could...
ED SHEERAN

Be original; don't be scared of being bold!
ED SHEERAN

The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smi...
ED SHEERAN

Music is a powerful tool in galvanizing people around an issue. There's no better way to get you...
ED SHEERAN

It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing. Growing up, I was inspired b...
ED SHEERAN

It's too cold outside
For angels to fly
An angel will die
Covered in white
Close...
ED SHEERAN

And they say
She's in the class A Team
Stuck in her daydream
Been that way since eigh...
ED SHEERAN

It's too cold outside for angels to fly.
ED SHEERAN

I saw Damien Rice in Dublin when I was 13, and that inspired me to want to pursue being a songwriter...
ED SHEERAN

Be nice to everyone, always smile, and appreciate things because it could all be gone tomorrow.
ED SHEERAN

And it's been a while but I still feel the same, maybe I should let you go.
ED SHEERAN

My love songs are very personal and quite weird. They don't really have the big radio hit chorus...
ED SHEERAN

I've always been a massive fan of John Mayer. I think he's very talented.
ED SHEERAN

Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
ED SHEERAN

Harry Potter is awesome.
ED SHEERAN

I think I've been around for a while. But I still have to pay my dues.
ED SHEERAN

Paper or razor blade, never give up
And just remember just to hold out more
A couple yea...
ED SHEERAN

I don't ever want to be perfect,
Cause I'm a singer that you
Never want to see shirtless
ED SHEERAN

The more you write tunes, the better they will become. The more you do gigs, the better you will bec...
ED SHEERAN

There were a couple of things I needed to do while I was in New York. One was to have a pizza pie, o...
ED SHEERAN

Everyone still thinks I'm Scottish - that's totally wicked.
ED SHEERAN

The worst things in life come free to us
ED SHEERAN

I've never really been a confident person, except from a musical standpoint. I had to push mysel...
ED SHEERAN

Give me love like her
'Cause lately I've been waking up alone
Paint splattered teardrops o...
ED SHEERAN

Pain is only relevant if it still hurts.
ED SHEERAN

What didn't kill me, it didn't make me stronger at all.
ED SHEERAN

I've fallen for your eyes, but they don't know me yet
ED SHEERAN

Women who are into Lord of The Rings & The Hobbit are, like, the coolest people in the world
ED SHEERAN

Before I save someone else, I have to save myself.
ED SHEERAN

It's ok to be not ok.
ED SHEERAN

If I ever have any back-up dancers, I want the penguins from Madagascar.
ED SHEERAN

Success is the best revenge for anything.
ED SHEERAN

I find the whole concept of women screaming at me so odd. It's very flattering, but I don't ...
ED SHEERAN

I think YouTube has destroyed the genre barrier. People can be into Justin Bieber and Eminem at the ...
ED SHEERAN

I would love to get a Moonman! I'd put it next to my other awards. I don't have a cabinet ri...
ED SHEERAN

I met Bill Clinton; he's a very nice guy. Yeah, Bill Clinton's cool.
ED SHEERAN

I think the music I've created is quite odd, and people are going to start talking about that.
ED SHEERAN

I get tweets every single day going, like, 'I'm so glad you weren't on 'The X Factor...
ED SHEERAN

I'm a huge hip-hop fan from way back in the day.
ED SHEERAN

If I can put on my album in a car or on my headphones and listen to the whole thing and love it, tha...
ED SHEERAN

The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell ...
ED SHEERAN

My parents worked in the art world. They were really supportive of my music in that they allowed me ...
ED SHEERAN

If Adele's seen as boring, then I'm happy to be boring as well.
ED SHEERAN

I've done some really weird gigs. The ones where no one turned up - they're probably not the...
ED SHEERAN

I'd like to say that I'm a rock star, but I'm not - I'm honestly more of a relations...
ED SHEERAN

You can't call me a Twitter phenomenon or a YouTube one. These things are useful, but so's h...
ED SHEERAN

I want to have a career that evolves as I go on.
ED SHEERAN

Eighty percent of the people in the world have no food safety net. When disaster strikes - the econo...
JOSETTE SHEERAN

Anybody entering the market now from scratch has a tremendous amount of learning to make the compone...
DAN SHEERAN

If a child in its first thousand days - from conception to two years old - does not have adequate nu...
JOSETTE SHEERAN

We're talking about being able to put tens of thousands of hours of video on portable devices.
DAN SHEERAN

There's nothing more haunting than the cry of a child that cannot be returned with food - the mo...
JOSETTE SHEERAN

What you get to in the pretty near future is a mass medium with potentially greater reach and more f...
DAN SHEERAN

Some consumers start with a la carte, then learn about the benefits of subscription and switch. We b...
DAN SHEERAN

When we look at HP's consumer product lineup, we get very excited. We view that as a great potential...
DAN SHEERAN

The more attention the market gets, the better. It's free advertising for the category.
DAN SHEERAN

We'd be happy to teach Microsoft how to remove Windows Media Player from Windows if they need to.
DAN SHEERAN

That was our goal, to go undefeated and get a No. 1 seed in the playoffs. It's nice to make that a r...
DAN SHEERAN

We know that once people use Rhapsody they love it, but getting more people to use it has been our b...
DAN SHEERAN

We're pleased to be working with HP to deliver Rhapsody via their new consumer notebook and desktop ...
DAN SHEERAN

We think that the combination of our marketing relationships with the Web services effort can help u...
DAN SHEERAN

Both companies are seeing digital media explode and recognize it's in our interests to have interope...
DAN SHEERAN

We think the potential is much greater for short-form content and TV series.
DAN SHEERAN

I was just doing bits and pieces of acting in the U.K. I'd been in the film 'Breaking and En...
ED WESTWICK

I have made this one dish, a salted caramel chocolate ganache tart. It's so rich. You can only h...
ED OXENBOULD

Over the years, Forgotten Realms and gaming have taken me all over the world and made me all sorts o...
ED GREENWOOD

There's enormous energy required to carry grudges - enormous energy! And I'm getting too old...
ED KOCH

Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.
ED MARKEY

Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the bette...
ED BRADLEY

One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
ED SMITH

Most people are motivated by the economy. And if you've lost your job, lost your mortgage, lost ...
ED RENDELL

Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience.
ED TOWNSEND

Tell me, Connie, is your mother still dead?
ED SULLIVAN

I am a member of the London Library, and on almost every single job I do, there is some benefit to b...
ED STOPPARD

'Upstairs Downstairs' somehow bestrode the different genres that had come before it to creat...
ED STOPPARD

In the life of any actor or actress, there is inevitably a time when they will be eligible to act in...
ED STOPPARD

I am always nervous when I'm auditioning for a part I really want.
ED STOPPARD

The beauty of Rome is that you can wander into a pizzeria just about anywhere and get a real Italian...
ED STOPPARD

I tend to gravitate toward conflicted characters, and a character who is exploring chaos theory and ...
ED STOPPARD

It was inevitable at some point that I would bump into one of my father's plays. The reality of ...
ED STOPPARD

It's no secret that I'm my dad's biggest fan.
ED STOPPARD

I wish people would be a bit more aware of how their actions affect everyone around them.
ED STOPPARD

Vatican City is a bit overrated in my opinion - no offence to the Vatican.
ED STOPPARD

If I manage to get seven hours' sleep, I'm a pretty good parent.
ED STOPPARD

I retreat to my cave in a very male fashion.
ED STOPPARD

I love going to the Via Giulia, a beautiful old cobbled street, which has a bridge at one end behind...
ED STOPPARD

The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played ...
ED SPELEERS

I'm a big fan of British cinema; I think we make some unbelievably brilliant films, but they can...
ED SPELEERS

I think it's really important whilst you're a young actor to try as many new things as possi...
ED SPELEERS

Education never really interested me, to be fair. I mean, education does interest me, but academic s...
ED SPELEERS

I don't think I'm ugly, but I never thought I was that special.
ED SPELEERS

I like going to see live bands. Live bands can be quite heavy, but I think it's very relaxing at...
ED SPELEERS

My job isn't about pursuing fame and then becoming an actor. It's about becoming an actor, a...
ED SPELEERS

I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and t...
ED SPELEERS

I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoug...
ED SPELEERS

I was a mixture of a country boy and a town boy, really. Chichester is a town on the coast of Englan...
ED SPELEERS

I like having my back against the wall and doing things I'm not supposed to be good at.
ED SKREIN

You can be powerful without being loud and aggressive.
ED SKREIN

However we can spread love and progression, we've got to do it.
ED SKREIN

I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and...
ED SKREIN

Up until the end of the Bush Administration, there was indifference to the North Korean suffering un...
ED ROYCE

The ongoing dispute over the relocation of U.S. Marines on Okinawa should be quickly settled. This i...
ED ROYCE

The Small Business Lending Fund was cleverly named by its authors last Congress. Since its implement...
ED ROYCE

Let us not forget, the financial crisis had its roots in the decision by Congress to embark on a cou...
ED ROYCE

A big part of the problem that we face today is that our children have been taught at schools that e...
ED ROYCE

Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be mo...
ED ROYCE

I've always had a keen interest in the world. My father was in Patton's 3rd Army, and he hel...
ED ROYCE

Al Qaeda is on the run, partly because the United States is in Afghanistan, pushing on al Qaeda, and...
ED ROYCE

The reality is that al Qaeda has been trying to attack the United States since long before Iraq.
ED ROYCE

The Nigerians have been very instrumental in preserving stability in Sierra Leone. They have done th...
ED ROYCE

I am chairman of the Africa subcommittee in the House of Representatives.
ED ROYCE

The mantra from the Obama State Department is 'smart power' - the not-so-new idea that all e...
ED ROYCE

Several of the energy companies want to do the right thing. It's a matter of leveling the playin...
ED ROYCE

The U.S. should support the Nigerian government to stay in Sierra Leone under the ECOMOG umbrella. T...
ED ROYCE

The Unites States used to use law enforcement to aggressively target North Korea illicit activities ...
ED ROYCE

Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. If Nigeria succeeds at democratic governance it will...
ED ROYCE

I am fighting vigorously for less spending, less waste and limited government. I strongly believe th...
ED ROYCE

History is full of examples of regimes that were oppressing at home and aggressive abroad, and I can...
ED ROYCE

What we won't become is a 'Democratic Party lite!' We are a party that wants smaller gov...
ED ROLLINS

I am not predicting here that Obama will fail like Jimmy Carter. What I am predicting is the Republi...
ED ROLLINS

I became a Republican in the summer of 1972. I was involved in running President Nixon's re-elec...
ED ROLLINS

Everybody in this race is against Obama, okay? So saying you're against Obama, against Obamacare...
ED ROLLINS

I think to a certain extent, Clinton may have expected as the senior president that Obama would'...
ED ROLLINS

There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton.
ED ROLLINS

One of the reasons a strategist never sits in a stadium and gets caught up in the crowds - and never...
ED ROLLINS

I have been a practitioner of tough politics for many decades. There is little that amazes me and ev...
ED ROLLINS

While I do not hesitate to applaud certain aspects of the resolution honoring the sacrifices of our ...
ED PASTOR

Stopping Vieques bombing range good; sooner is better.
ED PASTOR

I will work to restore fiscal responsibility to our country's budget and to provide for a more r...
ED PASTOR

Obviously, it gave me a chance to see Barcelona. I won't deny that. But I also had a chance to s...
ED PASTOR

While prices of goods continue to rise, American worker's wages remain stagnant.
ED PASTOR

Health care should be affordable for everyone.
ED PASTOR

Make health care a right, not a privilege.
ED PASTOR

As a former high school teacher, I know that investing in education is one of the most important thi...
ED PASTOR

Funding and maintaining programs from Head Start to Pell Grants must be a high priority.
ED PASTOR

Access to basic quality health care is one of the most important domestic issues facing our nation.
ED PASTOR

What we do want to see is reforms that are going to have a permanent effect on the budget deficit.
ED PARKER

With every social media, there's hate and things like that.
ED OXENBOULD

I don't watch any horror films. I get scared very easily.
ED OXENBOULD

I love to watch low-budget indie artsy films, but I do also love the big blockbuster things. I would...
ED OXENBOULD

I've had horrible days where you wake up with a zit, and you have to film, and it's terrible...
ED OXENBOULD

I love working in America!
ED OXENBOULD

I love reading; I really enjoy it. I read books quite fast, which kind of annoys me, but I like it a...
ED OXENBOULD

I never really grasped how big it was when I initially got 'Alexander'; I thought, 'Ooh,...
ED OXENBOULD

My friends and I often film videos when we get together and hang out, and they're usually just s...
ED OXENBOULD

I listen to a lot of music, and I listen to some rap, and I do like listening to Biggie Smalls.
ED OXENBOULD

I have a real interest in baking. I'd love to go to culinary school. That's actually my plan...
ED OXENBOULD

Baking is my pastime. I just love creating things. But it's not what I want to do for a living. ...
ED OXENBOULD

My goal was never to win awards. Mine was let me get to a place where I don't have to work. I do...
ED O'NEILL

I channel surf like probably most people.
ED O'NEILL

I always found that drama, really good drama, has a lot of comedy in it.
ED O'NEILL

I got into television, and I'm a television guy, so I've never really had a movie career.
ED O'NEILL

I prefer to underplay scenes rather than, you know, be big and drive them. And sometimes you have to...
ED O'NEILL

Security was another reason. You never know what can happen to you when you earn a lot of money.
ED O'NEILL

I'd loved to wear jeans and t-shirts, but everybody was in the peace movement back then. And tha...
ED O'NEILL

I was very slender and small. All my friends were on the team, so I had to make it too. I was a very...
ED O'NEILL

I took a plane from New York City to Los Angeles for an audition. I met all the people. After that, ...
ED O'NEILL

I knew I was a good stage actor but I had no idea about movies. And I wasn't a Paul Newman type ...
ED O'NEILL

Back then I said to myself 'screw football.' Actually I just took part in this camp as there...
ED O'NEILL

In terms of comedians, I loved, growing up, Jonathan Winters, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, Phil Silve...
ED O'NEILL

I was in Africa once. I was in Kenya. I got off the plane, and I thought, 'Africa...' Some g...
ED O'NEILL

I say I'm the best actor in America who's never done a movie.
ED O'NEILL

All this flying around got on my nerves. But then I gave the script to Cathy to get her opinion. Whe...
ED O'NEILL

I went to Ohio University studying arts and history, and playing football. But I was only interested...
ED O'NEILL

I think I 'turn off' women. I've a kind of a weird personality. Women may think that I&#...
ED O'NEILL

That's a big deal for kids, when they come into the kitchen and the teacher is drinking coffee w...
ED O'NEILL

When I read the pilot 'for Married with Children', it just reminded me of my Uncle Joe... ju...
ED O'NEILL

There was this discussion to know how long the human ear was really receptive to the music. A 74 min...
ED O'BRIEN

What had disappointed me at the time of the last tour, was to go on a worldwide tour, we were at som...
ED O'BRIEN

So we are not doing the traditional album, tour, album, tour, album, tour anymore. We're going t...
ED O'BRIEN

We are different people - you get a different take on the band whoever you speak to. Somehow, at the...
ED O'BRIEN

For a band like us tracklisting is a massive, massive task.
ED O'BRIEN

At the end of OK Computer we were playing big, big arenas and it wasn't right. You can do those ...
ED O'BRIEN

It's really weird to be playing chords again. Haven't played chords for a long time. I reali...
ED O'BRIEN

Not in the mornings, I'm always so tired in the morning.
ED O'BRIEN

The thing is, it really did take us too long to get these recordings done. We've had our rough t...
ED O'BRIEN

But for the first time, we haven't made a huge leap forward in sound from our last album. Fans w...
ED O'BRIEN

I think encouraging young people to twerk might be a bad thing. It's a stripper's move. If I had a daughter of nine, I wouldn't want her twerking.

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I think encouraging young people to twerk might be a bad thing. It's a stripper's move. If I had a daughter of nine, I wouldn't want her twerking.

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