Santan Dave Quotes

Santan Dave

Profession : Musician

Birth : June 5, 1998

Where I'm from, if you can't see who and what is good for you and who is bad for you, you could end up with the wrong friends, in places where you don't need to be, with people that you didn't need to bring into your house, giving your trust to those who could turn on you.

Santan Dave

When I'm performing, the crowd just disappears, it's like everyone merges - one big person. You just say the words and people will say the words back to you. And it's just so rehearsed. I have a lot of songs I couldn't forget the words if I tried. So you get in there, you lose yourself and it's all good.

Santan Dave

That's why the Kanye Wests and the Drakes are just in a different league, because they have the ability to be vulnerable and open.

Santan Dave

I like soundtracks. I love Hans Zimmer, the score for 'The Dark Knight Rises' is one of my favourites. I also like 'Man of Steel,' 'Inception,' 'Interstellar,' 'Braveheart,' 'Transformers' - Steve Jablonsky with 'Arrival to Earth.' 'Schindler's List' too, that's beautiful.

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Rap, for me, I go at any tempo and any sound of beat and incorporate melody as well.

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I couldn't care less about criticism.

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I've given her bragging rights. That's something my mum's definitely big on, like any African parent. Like any parent.

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I've always had a different ear for music.

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I wish I could make myself more riveting but I'm quite standard, as the name suggests.

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I'm not really good in public spaces, I'm not really good with people, I'm not really good at a lot of things.

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There was a sort of chain in school. I wasn't, like, mad at the top, but I wasn't right at the bottom, either.

Santan Dave

Grime is its own sound. There's a lot more to it. It's like a sound, culture, style - the way that they dress and speak.

Santan Dave

The moment I started learning to play the piano it changed my whole dynamic with music and with school. Suddenly I had a reason to be there, or at least at my music lessons; it just took hold of me.

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It was a pleasure to work alongside Sir David Attenborough and Hans Zimmer.

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I'm not a grime act, I'm not a rapper, nor am I melody man. I just make music.

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I've always listened to different styles of music to make sure I'm balanced. I feel like if you only listen to your type of music you can never go outside of it.

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I like making music when no one's really there, so it's just you and yourself: you're more free.

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I just can't belong to a genre, because I don't know what I would want it to be.

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It's what I do my entire life when I'm not doing music. If I'm in a hotel room in Sweden, or on a plane to Vancouver, I'm watching football. I'll try to talk about other stuff, too, but football is a lifestyle.

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The piano is an instrument I've always loved and so I taught myself. As a rapper, who wants to produce more, being able to play by ear helps a lot because I know where I want an instrument to turn or how I want it to sound without having to do too much work.

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