We need to hold onto that so that people can be told in the right way that they're going through these things [like tumors] early instead of discovering them late. Discovering important health news too late happens far too much. John Newman More Quotes by John Newman More Quotes From John Newman No one can ever take my job away from me. I can always draw as long as I have a piece of paper and a pencil or paints. John Newman drawing jobs long Reports in matters of this world are many, and our resources of mind for the discrimination of them very insufficient John Newman matter mind world I went and studied music in Leeds. It really woke me up socially, to stop being so naïve and narrow-minded. John Newman narrow-minded leeds There are a lot of things going on in politics at the moment which means that people can't concentrate on politicians' personalities and the characters of those who are actually running this country. This can overcome what politics is about. John Newman running character country I feel like awareness needs to grow. It's becoming a very common thing. I think we have a very strong NHS and healthcare system that needs more support through all this political nonsense that we're going through. John Newman nhs strong thinking Now I've got that [life is a journey not a destination] tattooed on my arm because it just reminds me of that time, and I think it's just an amazing quote. John Newman arms journey thinking If I'm not busy I start twiddling my thumbs. John Newman thumbs ifs busy I'm still quite small-minded and small-town, and people look at me like, "You're too famous to remember me." I want to give them a tap on the shoulder and thank them. John Newman giving people looks The only thing my mum could afford growing up was to be able to look after me and my brother so the only thing that I wanted when I grew up was to be able to look after my mum. So when I could, I bought her a house and then I got her a car as well and I got her a little air freshener to put in her car and on it, it said "life is a journey not a destination." John Newman growing-up brother journey I think positivity also brings determination and wanting to explore more and wanting to do more with your life. Because if you come to that point of having to think about your life in that way you don't want it to be negative. John Newman positivity determination thinking I don't want to date celebrities, I don't want to roll out of clubs absolutely steaming, make an idiot out of myself. I want to concentrate on my music career. John Newman clubs careers want People keep comparing me to people, and I just ignore it. John Newman compare people Doctors can predict these things [tumors] just as long as they get access to people. John Newman doctors long people Living movements do not come out of committees. John Newman committees movement American liberty is premised on the accountability of free men and women for what they have done, not for what they may do. John Newman accountability liberty men I'm from a little town called Settle in North Yorkshire, so it's amazing that I get to travel everyday and I get to see such crazy sh*t everyday. John Newman yorkshire everyday crazy I do like expressing how I feel about things in my music. John Newman feels I don't get pictures taken of me when I leave clubs. John Newman picture-taken clubs taken I was a big rugby player and into my motocross, so I lost loads of weight and a rumor went around the town that I had picked up a drug addiction! John Newman addiction drug player I started going blind and my optic nerves of my eye started giving me tunnel vision. I also started fainting a bit and struggling to think. I felt a lot of pressure in my head all the time. That was when it got too much. I'm in a very, very fortunate position now where I've had it taken out once. And now it's back I'm being monitored. I think people at home should be checked for this. John Newman taken struggle home