He didn't have a tv or console because his mother wouldn't allow it. The week before he made it big, he played in front of 5 people in a Dublin bar. He has talent but so do another 1,000,000 musicians. His lack of tv and consolehave nothing to do with it. He was in the right place at the right time. He was persistent even though he didn't look the part.

He also never drove a car before top gear. Is that also a good thing that helped him become a musician? No. But he semed to enjoy messing up. He is just a sound guy who puts a positive spin on his shitty childhood. Just like his music. One song makes the life and death of a crack whore sound beautiful. It's what he does. Make shitty situations sound good. That's what makes him an artist. The guy could crap his pants and come out rosey telling us it helped him grow.

Confirmed: growing up without video games makes one a talentless wanker

White guy with a guitar is the easiest genre to break into. You can be ugly, an average guitar player, an average singer and still get famous as long as your lyrics pander to dysfunctional teenage girls. To be fair, his song about crackheads is one of the few songs in the white guy with a guitar genre I can tolerate, so there's that.

Here we are showing how mature of a community we are. A guy thanks his mom for pushing him to be a successful person "OMG he is talentless. Glad my mom let me play videogames"

Little bit surprised at all the negative responses in the thread, even though I don't necessarily disagree. XD

Wow guys really? He didn't say "games are satanic, all you people playing are rotting your brains." He even admits he envies his peers who do play games. All he is saying is that he appreciates how his specific childhood experiences allowed him to focus his skills. You are all blowing this *way* out of proportion.

Well, good for him.

never heard of him

I wish my wife kept my kids away from video games. I of course could not because that would make me an hypocrit.