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" In school, all my teachers and my mum were super routing for me to study at Oxford. I picked music as a career choice, and this didn't sit too well with them! "
Stormzy
Choice
Me
Music
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" I grew up as a British kid - I went to school in London, roamed the streets of London - but having these interactions with my roots and going back to Ghana, I'm like, 'Yeah this is sick.' I love my country and my people, and the energy and vibes that they bring back. So I want to rep that and be a part of it. "
Stormzy
Roots
School
Energy
" I need to just make as much noise and bang on as many doors as possible 'til men are, like, giving you the recognition. "
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Recognition
You
Doors
" It was my dream to come to Oxford and study political science. "
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Dream
Come
" I like flipping Coldplay. And I like Jessie Ware. But I'm sure how we grew up was totally different. "
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Sure
Like
Flipping
" Most middle-aged white men probably don't know about little old Stormzy from London. "
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Little
Men
Old
" Grime is still quite new. You can't expect national radio and national media to get it straight away. "
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Away
New
Media
" There are thousands of people outside the O2 queuing up to see people like Skepta and JME. "
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See
Like
Outside
" In British music, you have indie, rock... Grime is now one of those pillars. It's a foundation of British music. "
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Rock
You
Music
" I love Frank Ocean. For me, 'Channel Orange' is the best LP ever. I love his voice, the songwriting, everything. "
Stormzy
Orange
Voice
Best
" When I'm good at something, I always try to be the best at it and claim that throne. Even in school, I never let anyone say anything to me; I would always be the smartest. "
Stormzy
Say
Try
School
" If I'm not working on music, I'm usually with my friends playing FIFA. We just kick back - I'm proper chilled. "
Stormzy
Friends
Music
Working
" I would love to say I grew up on 2Pac and The Beatles, but I didn't. "
Stormzy
Up
Would
Beatles
" People always meet me and go, 'You're so much cooler than I thought you'd be,' and I'm like, 'What did you expect me to be like?' "
Stormzy
You
Meet
People
" Our parents don't always know what's right. It's a new age. "
Stormzy
Know
Right
Parents
" 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.' "
Stormzy
Off
Remember
Love
" Engineering was the safe and sensible choice, but music was what I loved and wanted to do. "
Stormzy
Safe
Choice
Music
" 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. "
Stormzy
Teachers
Son
School
" 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. "
Stormzy
Bad
My Own
Well
" Britain is not just One Direction, Little Mix, and James Bay. There's Skepta killing it, there's Krept and Konan killing it. "
Stormzy
Just One
Little
Mix
" I just feel like there is nothing I cannot do. "
Stormzy
Feel
Like
Cannot
" 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. "
Stormzy
Culture
Doing
Dress
" My approach is just fearless. I'm not afraid to try anything. "
Stormzy
Afraid
Fearless
Just
" I was doing without for so long, not knowing the things that are normal for musicians. I was getting bookings regardless, people phoning or emailing me direct, and journalists were writing about me anyway. "
Stormzy
Long
Writing
Me
" 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
Me
Love
Good
" It's mad to think I was just a kid from south London, rapping in parks with friends. "
Stormzy
Kid
Friends
Think
" I was good at most subjects at school. Looking back, I was a proper boffin! Now, the thing I'm really good at is poker. "
Stormzy
Looking
Good
Looking Back
" I'm a bit crazy, so sometimes I just get these mad ideas that, on paper, aren't even possible. "
Stormzy
Crazy
Sometimes
Possible
" The Americans have their way of talking, their way of dressing, their way of doing things, and we have ours. That's why this whole U.K. underground thing has become sick, because everyone has finally said, 'Yeah, yeah, Drake is sick - but hang on, we are too.' "
Stormzy
Sick
Doing
Said
" 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.' "
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Parents
Want
Love
" 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. "
Stormzy
Street
Culture
Know