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" You can't go up to girls and start talking about minor 7ths and expect to pull. It's not going to work. "

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" My brothers came home with country, jazz, everything... it was always very normal to me to make any type of music. It was possible to fuse all the sounds, so it never sounded confusing to me to mix jazz and dubstep. "

" I got into music through just being inspired by my brother and sisters. They all sing, play instruments and write - and they're very good at it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" My ethos is musical freedom: to create whatever I want. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I definitely didn't wanna be a one-dimensional artist that you can just put into one box. Because, to me, we're all masters of certain energies, and we all create different colours. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I've made so many changes to my records because of the way the audience has reacted at the various festivals I've played - I've taken tracks back into the studio, stripped them bare, and built them back up again to create something entirely different. "

" 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. "

" I'm all for trying anything once; otherwise, you end up like David Guetta - reproducing the same formula over and over. "

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

" I don't see categories; I don't see styles - l see them all gelled together. And it was gospel that definitely helped me to do that. "

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

" I don't ever think it's a good idea to try to recreate the success you've had before; it's all about chasing something fresh and new. "

" 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. "

" I have eight siblings, and we formed a group called Mac 9. I was Mac 7. "

" 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. "

" I've got perfectionist issues, as I can't seem to let tracks out the studio - it drives my manager nuts. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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