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" Fashion Week is surprisingly very short. At least the actual runway shows are. "
Tinie Tempah
Short
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Very
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" The way everyone in London is right up against each other makes it very real to you growing up, the fact that people have different lives to you. And that causes problems; of course it does. "
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" I've seen how much effort has to go into a tour, the performance and also how to look after yourself, not just physically, but mentally too. "
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" I like to think I don't make music for ignorant people. "
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" I'm just a young person trying to fulfil his potential and be the best he can be at what he wants to do... I guess that's why people connect with the music. "
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" I definitely believe in God. "
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" Every generation that comes from this family has to do better than the last. "
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" My glasses are from Cutler & Gross. They're not prescription: I just love wearing them. I used to wear Ray-Ban a lot and then I realised that a lot of the things I've started going for are a little bit more refined. I liked the fact that I was supporting a British brand, somebody I could have a relationship with and people that I could talk to. "
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" I actually remember celebrating National Poetry Day at school; I remember having to write and read a load. "
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" You have to do a show, an interview, you've got to go straight back on the road to another location, make a track and edit things like footage etc. It's non stop. I really respect the hustle and work rate of Chipmunk, as well as N-Dubz and Tinchy Stryder. "
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" I'm starting to think about my life, thinking about where I'm going to be in three years time: who I'm going to be with, where I'm going to be situated myself. "
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" Music has no race. It appeals to everybody. "
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" I really want to work with Adele, I think she's amazing. Lykke Li as well. I love them both. I'd also like to work with The Script. I met them in Australia and we just got on like a house on fire. "
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Love
She
" I'm a big fan of Paco Rabanne's 1 Million. "
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" At the end of the day, you sign a record deal and you understand where it could go if you had the right song. "
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" People used to say poems were different to songs but I don't think they are. "
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" I think it's imperative to have faith or religion, because it's good to have morals, to be kind to others. "
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" I'm a bit of a mummy's boy. "
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" I met Ellie Goulding at the BRITs. She's lovely. I've got a lot of time for her. I gave her congratulations and whatnot and she let me hold her BRIT. That was amazing - once I'd touched one for the first time, I said 'This cannot be the last time I touch a BRIT.' "
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Me
" This is the kind of fashion I grew up on - a good pair of trainers, great denim - and I will always love high-end streetwear. "
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" Gone are the days when you'd have to tune in to a mad illegal radio station late at night to be able to hear the rapper of your choice. That's all changed now. That's all gone out of the window. And I feel like I represent that change. I represent the era of iPods and Shuffle and things like that. "
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Late
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" I don't want to achieve less than my mum and dad. "
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" I'm so down to earth, I'm bringing gravity back. "
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" Hopefully, young people will see that you can be young and make the sacrifices to follow your dreams. "
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" I feel like I'm indirectly showing people, not that there's another way, but just that if you really have a dream, you should try and give it a go. "
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" Coming from an African background, obviously the foundation of the family home is education, probably because my parents had to work a lot harder for everything that they've got in this country. "
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" I'm actually going to the gym, working on getting not fatter, just a bit bulkier. "
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" When I was about 14 I remember thinking when it came to proposing to my future girlfriend, I'd make a CD with all her favourite songs and a message that said, 'Will you marry me?' Shows you what a romantic I was. No one listens to CDs any more. It's all about iTunes. "
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