Big Narstie Quotes

Big Narstie

Profession : Musician

Birth : November 16, 1985

I buried my dad the day I started Craig David's tour. Buried him, got on this tour bus in Stratford, and hit the road. Mixed emotions.

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I'm not from a conventional world, innit? So the fact that I'm getting a chance to express my world in society and TV is epic.

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Hopefully I've inspired a lot of people who thought they'd never be able to get their own TV show to give it a go.

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I'm not really a comedian, innit; I just naturally say things which people class as funny.

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I was very lucky - how many people can say they did a song with John Barnes and played football with him?

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I'm a breath of fresh air, and there hasn't been something this black on TV for a very long time.

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If I haven't rested, or I haven't slept or had food or done the normal basic things as a human being, how could I stand in front of a camera and do stuff, you know what I mean? It's mad!

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Sometimes I just want to sit in my boxer shorts and cry. That's what being a human is.

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It's OK to have up days. It's OK to have down days. But especially remember it's OK to talk to people and let them know you're not OK. Don't think it's something you have to keep to yourself to fit in or to be normal. There's no such thing as normal.

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If a kid is born into a tough situation with no means of dealing with it, you end up with kids who are mentally ill and have no way of reaching out.

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The reason my management get upset with me the most is that they don't know what's going to come out my mouth.

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I've created a new sound. I've actually brought back dancing and vibes; it's more universal.

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Everyone uses grime as a footstool, but imagine Biggie Smalls started doing hip hop, and it started going well, and then he started making RnB: there would be no hip hop!

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I didn't get played on radio or TV for 3 years. They all told me the same thing: it was too urban. They don't see grime music as commercial music, but all music is commercial; it's how you make it. That's what I'm trying to say.

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I was like, 'If I bang your thing, will you bang my thing? Will you sing on my album?' And he was like, 'Yeah, of course.' So I've got Robbie Williams on my album. Robbie Williams on grime.

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The only diversity in the Brits is with the Americans. I've been saying this for a while: for our country to do good, we need to embrace our country.

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Years ago, when I was making music, I was sending it off to radio stations and getting told it was 'too urban.' But what else am I supposed to make?

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None of my friends go to places like Selfridges. I'm a regular at the pound shop!

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Grime is now a very talkable subject.

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I come from Lambeth, Brixton.

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