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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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" 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. "

" I'm all for trying anything once; otherwise, you end up like David Guetta - reproducing the same formula over and over. "

" 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.' "

" Everyone in my family has been in music - my cousins, my grandmother, my grandfather - so it's quite a big family tree. "

" English urban artists were very used to making secondhand American music, and I thought that was boring. "

" 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. "

" Different cultures produce a different 'cool.' And your perception of 'cool' changes depending on where you are. "

" You can make what you want. People care about what the artist has to say, what the sound is, and how it affects them. "

" Of course, success takes you where your character can't sustain you. "

" I grew up not really having a father figure, and it didn't bother me, because he wasn't there in the first place. But then he started other families, and I was jealous. It was like he was happy without our family. "

" I got into music through just being inspired by my brother and sisters. They all sing, play instruments and write - and they're very good at it. "

" The first tour an artist does is a strange one... because you can never tell how the audience is going to react. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When you make a record, I always imagine people dancing to it. If the chef thinks it tastes good, then there will be someone who ultimately believes the same thing. "

" 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. "

" I have eight siblings, and we formed a group called Mac 9. I was Mac 7. "

" I have to be honest: I think production is mad - exciting - because, of course, you're creating the record. When you're a singer, you're just singing. Creating the music, directing, and seeing where it's gonna go in production is very, very exciting. "

" I'm a musical geek. It's like there's this big, wild universe in my head, and I love to express it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You've got to live and die by your decisions. "

" You can't go up to girls and start talking about minor 7ths and expect to pull. It's not going to work. "

" I really enjoy 'festival life,' as it were, and I love the reactions when I bring out my guitar on stage. The crowd are always a bit like, 'What the hell is this urban guy doing with a guitar,' and that's what I love - the shock element of it all! "

" I think, as an artist, I wear a lot of different hats, and people have to join all of the dots. "

" 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. "