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" My fans are like, 'Lab does what he does,' which is really cool. If I came out with a Jack White rock tune tomorrow, people would be like, 'Yeah, cool man,' which is great. "

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" You get so close to your own music that you can't see the beauty in it. I had to learn to let go. It's good to be less precious. "

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" Urban is not actually my world. It was me trying something out, basically. I come from a gospel background. "

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" Those that know me know that I'm not 100% in love with commercial pop music. It's not my preferred genre - I don't do squeaky clean pop. "

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

" When I listen to a Coldplay record, you're gonna hear an indie band, and you know that's what you're gonna get from Coldplay. With myself, I'm not sure it's the same. "

" I think producing a record for other artists is almost like giving them advice, and I would say that it is easier to produce another artist than it is to produce yourself. "

" You can make what you want. People care about what the artist has to say, what the sound is, and how it affects them. "

" Branding your song is the worst thing you can ever do. That's turning your song into a product. "

" I remember my brother came home with a bass and played a blues solo on it. I just went insane for days afterwards learning that. "

" I have to be honest: I think production is mad - exciting - because, of course, you're creating the record. When you're a singer, you're just singing. Creating the music, directing, and seeing where it's gonna go in production is very, very exciting. "

" English urban artists were very used to making secondhand American music, and I thought that was boring. "

" I grew up not really having a father figure, and it didn't bother me, because he wasn't there in the first place. But then he started other families, and I was jealous. It was like he was happy without our family. "

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" I want to be a little bit brave. I want to feel scared sometimes. That's what's going to change the music business, if we have that kind of attitude. "

" It's a lot easier producing for people or being in the background, and they can take all the fire from the front. But in order to express the ideas that I have without any kind of contamination, I thought it would be a cool thing to be out front. "

" My grandad's a gospel singer, and his children were singers, too. But I don't believe in God in the same way... not religion; it breaks us up too much. The same with musical styles - it breaks people up. I believe they are all one thing - why not put them together? "

" I don't want to be someone that, when people look back, they think, 'Yeah, cool, he made us jump around for a bit in 2010.' "

" I don't think about the success that I've had - I've had a lot of success with music - but I always look at it like it's a new day. "

" One thing I always really enjoyed about Quincy Jones' production technique was that there were so many layers to every song. Like, one week you'd hear a new trumpet-line, then the next week you'd hear - be hearing a new guitar-line. "

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" I'm a hundred percent a rock n' roll guy. "

" When you make a record, I always imagine people dancing to it. If the chef thinks it tastes good, then there will be someone who ultimately believes the same thing. "

" I actually tried to learn the dictionary at one point. It didn't work; I only got through the first few pages. "

" The first tour an artist does is a strange one... because you can never tell how the audience is going to react. "

" I'm not just looking to be famous and attach myself to famous names. I want to make history in the business in terms of creativity. "

" Different cultures produce a different 'cool.' And your perception of 'cool' changes depending on where you are. "

" 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. "

" My main thing is I just want to share as much hope and happiness as possible for music. If I can share as many moments and help people believe in themselves... if I can do that, then I'll feel like my job is done. "

" I never called myself an urban artist, but that's what I was classed as, and I almost tried to live up to the name instead of who I really was. "

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

" I know this sounds weird, but I honestly believe music comes from the universe. Inspiration comes from the universe, and you drag it into your mind. "

" You've got to live and die by your decisions. "