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" Branding your song is the worst thing you can ever do. That's turning your song into a product. "
Labrinth
Song
Your
You
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" I'm a musical geek. It's like there's this big, wild universe in my head, and I love to express it. "
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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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Styles
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See
" My fans are like, 'Lab does what he does,' which is really cool. If I came out with a Jack White rock tune tomorrow, people would be like, 'Yeah, cool man,' which is great. "
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Tomorrow
Man
Cool
" I'm a hundred percent a rock n' roll guy. "
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" I have learned that while your putting your record together you can get so caught up in making what you want that you forget what you wanted in the first place. "
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Together
Up
You
" 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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Day
Music
" As a breed, I think artists are never 100% satisfied with their work, and we will always want that little bit of extra time to put the final gloss on it. "
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Always
Never
" I know this sounds weird, but I honestly believe music comes from the universe. Inspiration comes from the universe, and you drag it into your mind. "
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Know
You
Believe
" 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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Jump
Back
Cool
" I'm not just looking to be famous and attach myself to famous names. I want to make history in the business in terms of creativity. "
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Business
Creativity
History
" I have eight siblings, and we formed a group called Mac 9. I was Mac 7. "
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Mac
Group
Formed
" 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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Change
Music
Brave
" I'm a perfectionist, and to actually finish something is good for me. "
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Actually
Finish
Good
" 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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Myself
Know
Band
" I've got perfectionist issues, as I can't seem to let tracks out the studio - it drives my manager nuts. "
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Nuts
Manager
Issues
" 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? "
Labrinth
Way
God
Children
" Of course, success takes you where your character can't sustain you. "
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You
Where
Character
" English urban artists were very used to making secondhand American music, and I thought that was boring. "
Labrinth
Boring
Music
Thought
" I've made so many changes to my records because of the way the audience has reacted at the various festivals I've played - I've taken tracks back into the studio, stripped them bare, and built them back up again to create something entirely different. "
Labrinth
Create
Back
Changes
" I try as much I can after every live performance to read all the comments my fans post on Facebook and Twitter, as this helps enormously for me to understand straight from fans what worked and what didn't. "
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Understand
Performance
I Can
" Everyone in my family has been in music - my cousins, my grandmother, my grandfather - so it's quite a big family tree. "
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Tree
Big
Family
" I don't ever think it's a good idea to try to recreate the success you've had before; it's all about chasing something fresh and new. "
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Think
Try
You
" You can't go up to girls and start talking about minor 7ths and expect to pull. It's not going to work. "
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Expect
You
Work
" My mother brought up nine children, in Hackney, and none of us are criminals, none of us in jail. Her strength made me who I am today. "
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Mother
Children
Today
" My brothers came home with country, jazz, everything... it was always very normal to me to make any type of music. It was possible to fuse all the sounds, so it never sounded confusing to me to mix jazz and dubstep. "
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Jazz
Always
Country
" When I was younger, I'd be in the studio three days straight to get something right, and my manager would be like, 'Go home!' Even now, I still sleep in the studio sometimes, but I can't do it quite as often. I've got gigs; I can't have my hobo beard! But if you love what you're doing, you can't stop. It's obsessive. "
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Beard
Home
Sleep
" 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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People
Hope
Happiness
" I'm all for trying anything once; otherwise, you end up like David Guetta - reproducing the same formula over and over. "
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Trying
End
Same
" You get so close to your own music that you can't see the beauty in it. I had to learn to let go. It's good to be less precious. "
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Music
Beauty
You