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

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" 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. "

" I find my dress sense tends to be a bit of a mixture between high fashion and unique vintage pieces with a little bit of street trends. For example, I might find a really nice, suede dinner jacket that I'd wear with a basic plain white shirt and some chinos and a pair of Nike trainers. "

" Grime is a particular style of music. You've got electro, funk and garage; grime is its darker side. It's constantly evolving. "

" This is the kind of fashion I grew up on - a good pair of trainers, great denim - and I will always love high-end streetwear. "

" I pray as much as possible. "

" Music has no race. It appeals to everybody. "

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

" When you look at the Lady Gagas of the world, or the Jay-Zs, or the Black Eyed Peas, these are people who have one album release and it's a worldwide one. "

" 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. "

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

" Hopefully, young people will see that you can be young and make the sacrifices to follow your dreams. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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! "

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

" My glasses are from Cutler & Gross. They're not prescription: I just love wearing them. I used to wear Ray-Ban a lot and then I realised that a lot of the things I've started going for are a little bit more refined. I liked the fact that I was supporting a British brand, somebody I could have a relationship with and people that I could talk to. "

" 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. "

" 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'm a big fan of Paco Rabanne's 1 Million. "

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

" 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. "

" At the end of the day, you sign a record deal and you understand where it could go if you had the right song. "

" 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. "

" I think it's imperative to have faith or religion, because it's good to have morals, to be kind to others. "

" I actually remember celebrating National Poetry Day at school; I remember having to write and read a load. "

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

" I watched a film called 'Elephant' recently. Its not stylish in the sense of expensive suits and Italian cars, but the styling on every single character is spot on. "

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