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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. "

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" Gone are the days when you'd have to tune in to a mad illegal radio station late at night to be able to hear the rapper of your choice. That's all changed now. That's all gone out of the window. And I feel like I represent that change. I represent the era of iPods and Shuffle and things like that. "

" 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. "

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

" People used to say poems were different to songs but I don't think they are. "

" 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! "

" Every generation that comes from this family has to do better than the last. "

" I grew up in an eclectic house where people were listening to all types of different music. I also think being educated, eloquent and knowing how to talk for yourself in the industry makes you go a long way. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Fashion Week is surprisingly very short. At least the actual runway shows are. "

" I like to think I don't make music for ignorant people. "

" 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. "

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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. "

" 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. "

" I think when you come to Australia you immediately get the sense of fitness and taking care of yourself and being healthy, and it really shows. "

" I'm so down to earth, I'm bringing gravity back. "

" You have to do a show, an interview, you've got to go straight back on the road to another location, make a track and edit things like footage etc. It's non stop. I really respect the hustle and work rate of Chipmunk, as well as N-Dubz and Tinchy Stryder. "

" Artists take on an alias that's suitable for their style of music. Everyone had a nickname when they were younger. "

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" I pray as much as possible. "

" I'm a bit of a mummy's boy. "