When you create stuff, you're always going to be progressing and where you're at a year down the line, as the creator, it's always going to feel immature. You're going to notice the flaws and the things that you've learned in that year aren't going to be there. So, I think it's important to see stuff as a capture of time - that's what I was doing at that time - and not be ashamed of it. That's how I try to approach music.
Tom OdellI think particularly in music, popularity os a very fickle thing. You're only as good as your last song.
Tom OdellI don't think competition is good in music. What is good, is the desire and the ambition to create your best work.
Tom OdellI would consider myself a perfectionist, yeah. I don't think that is always that helpful, either. Sometimes it's good to be a little more open-minded; you can overthink things when things are actually fine, and it's that moment that you lose it. Looking back, sometimes I've made mistakes from being a perfectionist.
Tom OdellI have always liked clothes and fashion. And really, being a British male, I am automatically the best dressed person in any room - especially in America.
Tom OdellI like it when people are opinionated. I like an opinion. I like people that will fight for their opinion 'til an argument and through an argument. When they believe in something, they fight for it. I like those people that are perhaps sometimes too full of life - perhaps it's very difficult to be around them; they're not easy going. But I like being around people like that.
Tom Odell