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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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" I'm from Hackney, and it's an area that is not so pretty, and we have a different way of expressing ourselves than somebody from uptown that has lots of money. "

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