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Zayn Malik on leaving 1D: 'I always kind of wanted to quit'

Singer Zayn Malik has revealed that his decision to quit One Direction was something that played on his mind since the band was put together. 

During a new interview with Beats 1 Radio DJ Zane Lowe, the heartthrob confessed that he had never really wanted to be in a boyband so considered leaving from the very beginning:

"I think I always kind of wanted to go, from the first year, really. I never really wanted to be there in the band, I just gave it a go because it was there at the time, and when I realised the direction we were going in - mind the pun - with the music, I instantly realised it wasn't for me, because I realised I couldn't put any input in."

Malik went onto talk about the lack of creative input he had in One Direction's music and admitted that it was really disheartening:

"I couldn't give my opinion on this or that because it didn't fit the grain of what we were as a band or what we represented. So that's when it became straight for me, that's when I had to be like I've got to start thinking about myself. So I was always just writing anyway, even when I was in the band. It wasn't something that I had to think about and process information. I just always knew."

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