Ed Sheeran threatens to quit music if he loses copyright trial

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It is claimed that Sheeran plagiarised elements of Marvin Gaye’s 1973 soul classic “Let’s Get it On”in his 2014 hit. Speaking in Manhattan court on Monday, Sheeran reportedly said of a prospective guilty verdict : “If that happens, I’m done, I’m stopping.” The singer-songwriter was addressing the toll that the court procedings had taken on him. Ed Sheeran at his trial The singer apologised to onlookers after accidentally bashing the mic with his hand, remarking: “I’m not the world’s most talented guitar player.” Recently, Sheeran’s wife Cherry Seaborn revealed that the artist wrote seven songs in just four hours after she was diagnosed with cancer. “Some people write a diary and get their emotions out through the pen and, for Eds, if something really intense happens, he’ll go and write a song,” she said.