Labrinth Quotes

Labrinth

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 4, 1989

My grandad's a gospel singer, and his children were singers, too. But I don't believe in God in the same way... not religion; it breaks us up too much. The same with musical styles - it breaks people up. I believe they are all one thing - why not put them together?

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Different cultures produce a different 'cool.' And your perception of 'cool' changes depending on where you are.

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You've got to live and die by your decisions.

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I don't think about the success that I've had - I've had a lot of success with music - but I always look at it like it's a new day.

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My ethos is musical freedom: to create whatever I want.

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I want to be a little bit brave. I want to feel scared sometimes. That's what's going to change the music business, if we have that kind of attitude.

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My main thing is I just want to share as much hope and happiness as possible for music. If I can share as many moments and help people believe in themselves... if I can do that, then I'll feel like my job is done.

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I got into music through just being inspired by my brother and sisters. They all sing, play instruments and write - and they're very good at it.

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When I listen to a Coldplay record, you're gonna hear an indie band, and you know that's what you're gonna get from Coldplay. With myself, I'm not sure it's the same.

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I have to be honest: I think production is mad - exciting - because, of course, you're creating the record. When you're a singer, you're just singing. Creating the music, directing, and seeing where it's gonna go in production is very, very exciting.

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I definitely didn't wanna be a one-dimensional artist that you can just put into one box. Because, to me, we're all masters of certain energies, and we all create different colours.

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One thing I always really enjoyed about Quincy Jones' production technique was that there were so many layers to every song. Like, one week you'd hear a new trumpet-line, then the next week you'd hear - be hearing a new guitar-line.

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I don't see categories; I don't see styles - l see them all gelled together. And it was gospel that definitely helped me to do that.

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I need to make money, but I don't want to be another guy selling his McDonald's to the pop market.

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I grew up not really having a father figure, and it didn't bother me, because he wasn't there in the first place. But then he started other families, and I was jealous. It was like he was happy without our family.

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Urban is not actually my world. It was me trying something out, basically. I come from a gospel background.

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I don't want to be someone that, when people look back, they think, 'Yeah, cool, he made us jump around for a bit in 2010.'

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When you make a record, I always imagine people dancing to it. If the chef thinks it tastes good, then there will be someone who ultimately believes the same thing.

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I'm a hundred percent a rock n' roll guy.

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It's a lot easier producing for people or being in the background, and they can take all the fire from the front. But in order to express the ideas that I have without any kind of contamination, I thought it would be a cool thing to be out front.

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