Tinie Tempah Quotes

This is the kind of fashion I grew up on - a good pair of trainers, great denim - and I will always love high-end streetwear.

I can wear a suit, sweatpants, a long tee shirt, and a denim jacket all at the same time.

Hopefully, young people will see that you can be young and make the sacrifices to follow your dreams.

Grime is a particular style of music. You've got electro, funk and garage; grime is its darker side. It's constantly evolving.

I'm just a young person trying to fulfil his potential and be the best he can be at what he wants to do... I guess that's why people connect with the music.

I'm so down to earth, I'm bringing gravity back.

Music has no race. It appeals to everybody.

I feel like I'm indirectly showing people, not that there's another way, but just that if you really have a dream, you should try and give it a go.

I've definitely done something that's made my mum and dad forever proud.

I pray as much as possible.

Being able to travel the world is pretty cool. There are places that I've always wanted to go to but being able to go there as somebody who's a musician and is recognised as one is cool.

I watched my parents go from having very basic jobs to educating themselves, to buying a house. They set a really good bar for what they wanted their kids to achieve.

My goal, my aim is to be a superstar, but not in a cheesy way. I want to go to America and do what they do. But better!

At the end of the day, I'm a human being and I just think that's what it is. Challenging stereotypes by just being who I am.

People used to say poems were different to songs but I don't think they are.

I definitely believe in God.

Nigeria is like everywhere, really: there are some beautiful places that have been invested in and others that haven’t been.

I think when you come to Australia you immediately get the sense of fitness and taking care of yourself and being healthy, and it really shows.

I think it's imperative to have faith or religion, because it's good to have morals, to be kind to others.

The way everyone in London is right up against each other makes it very real to you growing up, the fact that people have different lives to you. And that causes problems; of course it does.

I work with a trainer called Ruben Tabares. He's a nutritionist, strength and conditioning coach, and an athlete. So I literally just train like an athlete.

There's this other girl called Lykke Li from Sweden - I really want to collaborate with her, that'd be great. Obviously Kanye West as well, and Drake would be pretty amazing.

I actually remember celebrating National Poetry Day at school; I remember having to write and read a load.

When you look at the Lady Gagas of the world, or the Jay-Zs, or the Black Eyed Peas, these are people who have one album release and it's a worldwide one.

Maybe when it comes to my music, or my performances, I'm a little more aggressive because I want everything to be perfect. But not in normal, day-to-day life.

As a young guy from south London, I wanted to be able to make myself stand out.

Sometimes I would bring some of my music to the school and perform on the playground, and they'd think, "There goes Patrick, trying to entertain everyone as usual."

When I got a little older I was obsessed Lil Wayne. But then it was just as many British rappers - Dizzee Rascal I would always listen to.

I'm starting to think about my life, thinking about where I'm going to be in three years time: who I'm going to be with, where I'm going to be situated myself.

I'm a big fan of Paco Rabanne's 1 Million.

If people are not listening to you as individuals, it's always good to get together and make a stand for something.

I like to think I don't make music for ignorant people.

I really want to work with Adele, I think she's amazing. Lykke Li as well. I love them both. I'd also like to work with The Script. I met them in Australia and we just got on like a house on fire.

I don't want to achieve less than my mum and dad.

I'm merely a fan of fashion from high end to streetwear, from Nike to Comme des Garcons.

Every generation that comes from this family has to do better than the last.

I'm quite a fan of British designers.

Coming from an African background, obviously the foundation of the family home is education, probably because my parents had to work a lot harder for everything that they've got in this country.

I was well brought up, my parents are still together. I lived in a council estate, but I don't anymore; I saw my parents buy a nice house and move me to a nice area.

Playing someone drum 'n' bass for the first time in 'Pass Out' - they're like, 'Oh my God, what is this?' I'm having a lot of fun and a good time showcasing the music.

When I feel like I'm renowned enough, I'd love to do a heritage-type line, but that takes time.

I've seen how much effort has to go into a tour, the performance and also how to look after yourself, not just physically, but mentally too.

I watched a film called 'Elephant' recently. Its not stylish in the sense of expensive suits and Italian cars, but the styling on every single character is spot on.

Fashion Week is surprisingly very short. At least the actual runway shows are.

At the end of the day, you sign a record deal and you understand where it could go if you had the right song.

Artists take on an alias that's suitable for their style of music. Everyone had a nickname when they were younger.

A lot of young people have all these aspirations but many of them don't believe they're possible.

I'm a bit of a mummy's boy.

I'm actually going to the gym, working on getting not fatter, just a bit bulkier.

People discover you at festivals. They come to see Coldplay or whoever, and then wander over and catch your act. Festivals make a lot of sense to me.