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" Grime is a particular style of music. You've got electro, funk and garage; grime is its darker side. It's constantly evolving. "
Tinie Tempah
Garage
Side
Style
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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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Remember
Day
" Fashion Week is surprisingly very short. At least the actual runway shows are. "
Tinie Tempah
Short
Runway
Very
" 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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Great
Good
Fashion
" I've definitely done something that's made my mum and dad forever proud. "
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Proud
Made
Forever
" 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. "
Tinie Tempah
Trying
People
Potential
" I don't think I've had to change anything, really, apart from being more serious and focussed on my drive. One thing I've realised is that you get out what you put in and because of that my work rate has increased ten fold. "
Tinie Tempah
Serious
You
Work
" I watched a film called 'Elephant' recently. Its not stylish in the sense of expensive suits and Italian cars, but the styling on every single character is spot on. "
Tinie Tempah
Suits
Stylish
Character
" I first became interested in style when I was 16 and I had my first couple of gigs. I realised I couldn't look like the people I was performing to. Not in a condescending way, but just that it would be weird if I was wearing exactly what someone in the crowd was wearing. "
Tinie Tempah
Weird
People
Look
" 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. "
Tinie Tempah
Family
Education
Home
" 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. "
Tinie Tempah
Me
Future
Thinking
" I'm actually going to the gym, working on getting not fatter, just a bit bulkier. "
Tinie Tempah
Bit
Just
Gym
" I lived in Peckham for the first 12 years of my life and then my mum and dad decided they really didn't want to bring up their children there. So they saved up money and bought a house in Plumstead, semi-detached, three bedrooms. "
Tinie Tempah
Money
Three
Children
" I'm so down to earth, I'm bringing gravity back. "
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Down
Earth
Bringing
" I like to think I don't make music for ignorant people. "
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Ignorant
Think
People
" Artists take on an alias that's suitable for their style of music. Everyone had a nickname when they were younger. "
Tinie Tempah
Take
Everyone
Style
" 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. "
Tinie Tempah
Way
Growing Up
People
" There's this other girl called Lykke Li from Sweden - I really want to collaborate with her, that'd be great. Obviously Kanye West as well, and Drake would be pretty amazing. "
Tinie Tempah
Want
Great
Pretty
" If I go to an awards ceremony, I wear a suit, of course I do. I am proud to be there. If there are young kids looking at pictures of me, I want them to feel that they should long for the opportunity to go somewhere really smart and wear a beautiful suit, rather than to reject that. "
Tinie Tempah
Smart
Opportunity
Me
" People used to say poems were different to songs but I don't think they are. "
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Different
Think
Used
" I'm a bit of a mummy's boy. "
Tinie Tempah
Bit
Mummy
Boy
" 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. "
Tinie Tempah
Performance
Yourself
Effort
" I find my dress sense tends to be a bit of a mixture between high fashion and unique vintage pieces with a little bit of street trends. For example, I might find a really nice, suede dinner jacket that I'd wear with a basic plain white shirt and some chinos and a pair of Nike trainers. "
Tinie Tempah
Dinner
Dress
Vintage
" Hopefully, young people will see that you can be young and make the sacrifices to follow your dreams. "
Tinie Tempah
You
Dreams
People
" Nigeria is like everywhere, really: there are some beautiful places that have been invested in and others that haven't been. "
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Been
Beautiful
Like
" I pray as much as possible. "
Tinie Tempah
Pray
Much
Possible
" I think it's imperative to have faith or religion, because it's good to have morals, to be kind to others. "
Tinie Tempah
Be Kind
Think
Faith
" My goal, my aim is to be a superstar, but not in a cheesy way. I want to go to America and do what they do. But better! "
Tinie Tempah
Want
Way
America
" Music has no race. It appeals to everybody. "
Tinie Tempah
Race
Everybody
Appeals
" People discover you at festivals. They come to see Coldplay or whoever, and then wander over and catch your act. Festivals make a lot of sense to me. "
Tinie Tempah
Festivals
You
Wander
" At the end of the day, you sign a record deal and you understand where it could go if you had the right song. "
Tinie Tempah
Go
Day
End