Ed Sheeran considered quitting music after becoming a dad to daughter Lyra

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Ed Sheeran has revealed that he considered quitting music during his 12-month break last year, when he and his wife Cherry Seaborn became parents.

Ed, who is currently Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with his comeback track Bad Habits, said he contemplated becoming a stay at home dad after the birth of his daughter Lyra in August.

Speaking on SiriusXM, the star said: "In my year off, I was kind of searching for who I was because I stopped playing music for a bit.

And music is entirely me as a person. "And then I had my daughter — well, my wife had our daughter, but I’m a parent. And then I was like, 'That’s it, this is me, I’m just going to be a dad, I’m not going to play music anymore'." Ed says he ultimately decided to return to