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" 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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" 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

" Even if you don't like me, you know me because I'm just in your face. "

" Wiley has given me wise words a few times. "

" 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. "

" I'm not mad into raving, to be honest. If it's not music, I'm chilling. But most of the time, it's music. "

" My core is grime. But I make all kinds of music. Take Picasso. He could paint whatever way he liked. He could do a little ting with a felt tip if he wanted to - it's still going to be a bad boy Picasso at the end. "

" I need to just make as much noise and bang on as many doors as possible 'til men are, like, giving you the recognition. "

" 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. "

" Bands like Little Mix do represent youth culture because loads of 16 year old girls listen to them. "

" It's mad to think I was just a kid from south London, rapping in parks with friends. "

" Our parents don't always know what's right. It's a new age. "

" In British music, you have indie, rock... Grime is now one of those pillars. It's a foundation of British music. "

" My mum was born and raised in Ghana and has a lot of Ghanaian values and traditions and morals. All that rubbed off on me, and that's why I have a lot of love and good energy in me - that universal energy is a Ghanaian thing. "

Stormzy

Love

Good

" I grew up in south London, and I remember watching the scene pop off in East and think, 'Ahhhh, I would love to be in Bow E3 right now spitting wid Wiley and Dizzee.' "

" It was my dream to come to Oxford and study political science. "

" My approach is just fearless. I'm not afraid to try anything. "

" I love Frank Ocean. For me, 'Channel Orange' is the best LP ever. I love his voice, the songwriting, everything. "

" 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. "

" I like flipping Coldplay. And I like Jessie Ware. But I'm sure how we grew up was totally different. "

Stormzy

Sure

Flipping

" 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

White

" My mum's always had big aspirations because I'm an academic. I always got good grades at school. GCSEs were just a breeze for me. "

" 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. "

" My older sister was into grime, so she got me into it. When I was ten, I begged her to take me to my first house party, where there were decks and a mic. I ended up falling asleep standing up in the corner. "

Stormzy

House

Sister

" Grime is still quite new. You can't expect national radio and national media to get it straight away. "

" I would love to say I grew up on 2Pac and The Beatles, but I didn't. "

Stormzy

Would

Beatles

" Most middle-aged white men probably don't know about little old Stormzy from London. "

" 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. "

" I just feel like there is nothing I cannot do. "

Stormzy

Feel

Cannot

" I read so many books when I was a kid that I didn't even know were shaping me up. "

Stormzy

Books

Even

" I went to pick up my nephew from primary school, and one of the teachers there stopped me and said, 'My son listens to you.' That's quite an awkward thing. "