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" Even if you don't like me, you know me because I'm just in your face. "
Stormzy
You
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Know
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" On the microphone, I'm not scared to step up and say, 'This is my ability, this is how good I am.' In other areas of life, I'm not so confident; I'm still adjusting to the photo shoots, all that stuff. But behind the mic, I'm fully confident. "
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Say
Confident
Good
" I was a very naughty child, on the verge of getting expelled, but I wasn't a bad child; everything I did was for my own entertainment. But when I went into an exam, I did really well. "
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Bad
My Own
Well
" It was my dream to come to Oxford and study political science. "
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Science
Dream
Come
" I don't even think of it as a strategy. It's me in my element; it's my forte. Me being with all the mandem on the ends, spitting to an old school grime riddim, is me in my element; that's when I feel I'm at my best. "
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Strategy
Feel
Think
" I was good at most subjects at school. Looking back, I was a proper boffin! Now, the thing I'm really good at is poker. "
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Looking
Good
Looking Back
" You read a book, write a detailed review as proof you've read it, and they give you a badge. That's where my competitive nature came out. Give me the badges! I would sit in the library all day, not 'cos I loved reading, just because I needed those badges. "
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Library
Book
Day
" Wiley has given me wise words a few times. "
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Wise
Words
Times
" There are thousands of people outside the O2 queuing up to see people like Skepta and JME. "
Stormzy
See
Like
Outside
" I just feel like there is nothing I cannot do. "
Stormzy
Feel
Like
Cannot
" I read so many books when I was a kid that I didn't even know were shaping me up. "
Stormzy
Me
Books
Even
" It's not always about convincing your parents of what you want to do, but just saying, 'This is what I'm doing; this is what I love.' "
Stormzy
Parents
Want
Love
" I love Frank Ocean. For me, 'Channel Orange' is the best LP ever. I love his voice, the songwriting, everything. "
Stormzy
Orange
Voice
Best
" I'm a completely fearless musician. "
Stormzy
Musician
Fearless
" I would love to say I grew up on 2Pac and The Beatles, but I didn't. "
Stormzy
Up
Would
Beatles
" If I'm not working on music, I'm usually with my friends playing FIFA. We just kick back - I'm proper chilled. "
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Friends
Music
Working
" Grime is still quite new. You can't expect national radio and national media to get it straight away. "
Stormzy
Away
New
Media
" People often link grime with other things, like street culture, and clashing, and MC battles and whatnot. But no one's ever talked in misogyny in grime. That's often linked to hip-hop, I know people talk about that is a problem in hip-hop. But not grime. "
Stormzy
Street
Culture
Know
" My approach is just fearless. I'm not afraid to try anything. "
Stormzy
Afraid
Fearless
Just
" I need to just make as much noise and bang on as many doors as possible 'til men are, like, giving you the recognition. "
Stormzy
Recognition
You
Doors
" I grew up as a British kid - I went to school in London, roamed the streets of London - but having these interactions with my roots and going back to Ghana, I'm like, 'Yeah this is sick.' I love my country and my people, and the energy and vibes that they bring back. So I want to rep that and be a part of it. "
Stormzy
Roots
School
Energy
" The Americans have their way of talking, their way of dressing, their way of doing things, and we have ours. That's why this whole U.K. underground thing has become sick, because everyone has finally said, 'Yeah, yeah, Drake is sick - but hang on, we are too.' "
Stormzy
Sick
Doing
Said
" I like flipping Coldplay. And I like Jessie Ware. But I'm sure how we grew up was totally different. "
Stormzy
Sure
Like
Flipping
" I was MCing in the playground, spitting lyrics over mobile phones - Sony Ericsson, Walkmans, W810s, the Teardrop Nokia phones, all of that. Vital equipment! I never even had a DJ set where a DJ's playing vinyl, and I'm spitting. "
Stormzy
Playground
Vinyl
Phones
" I'm a bit crazy, so sometimes I just get these mad ideas that, on paper, aren't even possible. "
Stormzy
Crazy
Sometimes
Possible
" Bands like Little Mix do represent youth culture because loads of 16 year old girls listen to them. "
Stormzy
Youth
Culture
Listen
" What I'm doing is British. It stems from the same culture as U.S. hip-hop, but the way we dress, the way we speak, the way we perform is so different. It's U.K. street culture. "
Stormzy
Culture
Doing
Dress
" Most middle-aged white men probably don't know about little old Stormzy from London. "
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Little
Men
Old
" I was doing without for so long, not knowing the things that are normal for musicians. I was getting bookings regardless, people phoning or emailing me direct, and journalists were writing about me anyway. "
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Long
Writing
Me
" People always meet me and go, 'You're so much cooler than I thought you'd be,' and I'm like, 'What did you expect me to be like?' "
Stormzy
You
Meet
People
" I don't care if it's a white millionaire kid from Oxfordshire who comes to my show, buys my record, supports me and rates me. It's cool. "
Stormzy
Kid
Me
White