Craig David Quotes

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Craig David

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 5, 1981

Something's wrong with all countries and all voting systems.

Craig David

If I can be an advocate for people to get healthy, that's good, and it's not about just needing to go to the gym.

Craig David

I grew up on dancehall music, and it holds a strong place in my heart.

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I never let anyone know I was insecure about it - it was my own little thing - but I did have a problem being overweight. I always felt people were looking at me in a certain way as opposed to who I really was.

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As much as money is important for security, for me, it is worth nothing without music.

Craig David

My grandmother and my mother raised me, but my dad made a conscious effort to be in my life - every weekend he would take me out.

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I love songs, so when you're song-based, it doesn't matter which way the production leans.

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When I write a song, I get the melody right first, and then hopefully I can back it up with a lyric that has to respect the melody.

Craig David

When I was 16, I didn't really know what intuition was as a word, even. It's one of those things you experience, but you don't really know what it is.

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When I started writing material, I realised you could take a ballad like Usher's 'Nice and Slow,' sing the same melody over a garage track, and everyone would be up and dancing.

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I wanna have a positive impact and bring in artists on the come-up. It gets me hyped!

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If I couldn't sing tomorrow, I'd still write songs cos I'm passionate about that.

Craig David

I could never have dreamed of picking up an Ivor Novello for anything... but for Songwriter Of The Year, it's just amazing.

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I don't know if, in a previous life, I was, like, the embodiment of a guitar, because any time someone plays a guitar with the licks, I just resonate to it.

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I always find that, when it comes to writing songs, if the melody and the chords are working, we're 90 per cent there.

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I relish performing.

Craig David

Kasabian are wicked. They've got the hit songs, but it's the presence in the performance and the attitude with it that I love.

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I wrote a song called 'Four Times A Lady' for Destiny's Child, and it was perfect. But then I had to spin it back and change all the lyrics to a guy's point of view cos I thought the track was too good to give away, heh heh. It's Craig David now.

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You know a date's gone really well when she's happy with nothing fancier than a Big Mac and fries!

Craig David

The council estate I grew up on wasn't too bad.

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