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" I was well brought up, my parents are still together. I lived in a council estate, but I don't anymore; I saw my parents buy a nice house and move me to a nice area. "

Tinie Tempah

House

Move

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Smart

Opportunity

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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. "

" I enjoyed my upbringing, my siblings did, we're polite, we're respectful, but at the end of the day we're young, we like to have fun. But now, more so than ever, the youth has been vilified to the point where it feels like you can't enjoy being young any more, you just have to sit it out and wait until you get old. "

" Being able to travel the world is pretty cool. There are places that I've always wanted to go to but being able to go there as somebody who's a musician and is recognised as one is cool. "

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Places

Travel

" I'm into everything. My iPod is very eclectic - if you kept it on shuffle, you'd be amazed. For example, I was forced to grow up on Dolly Parton. My mum was obsessed by her. She bought all this memorabilia for the front room. It's ridiculous. "

" I watched my parents go from having very basic jobs to educating themselves, to buying a house. They set a really good bar for what they wanted their kids to achieve. "

" I've definitely done something that's made my mum and dad forever proud. "

" If people are not listening to you as individuals, it's always good to get together and make a stand for something. "

" I'm actually going to the gym, working on getting not fatter, just a bit bulkier. "

" Dizzee's just my childhood hero. He's definitely the inspiration. He's got himself to a very good place. He's defied the expectations of what British black urban music was like. He was the first person who made the rest of Britain realise it wasn't just a one-album-type situation. You've got to take your hat off to somebody like that. "

" A lot of young people have all these aspirations but many of them don't believe they're possible. "

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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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" Nigeria is like everywhere, really: there are some beautiful places that have been invested in and others that haven't been. "

Tinie Tempah

Been

Beautiful

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I pray as much as possible. "

" 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

Future

Thinking

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When I feel like I'm renowned enough, I'd love to do a heritage-type line, but that takes time. "

" Playing someone drum 'n' bass for the first time in 'Pass Out' - they're like, 'Oh my God, what is this?' I'm having a lot of fun and a good time showcasing the music. "