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" You read a book, write a detailed review as proof you've read it, and they give you a badge. That's where my competitive nature came out. Give me the badges! I would sit in the library all day, not 'cos I loved reading, just because I needed those badges. "

Stormzy

Library

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Cannot

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" 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

Flipping

" Most middle-aged white men probably don't know about little old Stormzy from London. "

" I would love to say I grew up on 2Pac and The Beatles, but I didn't. "

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Would

Beatles

" I need to just make as much noise and bang on as many doors as possible 'til men are, like, giving you the recognition. "

" I was MCing in the playground, spitting lyrics over mobile phones - Sony Ericsson, Walkmans, W810s, the Teardrop Nokia phones, all of that. Vital equipment! I never even had a DJ set where a DJ's playing vinyl, and I'm spitting. "

" 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. "

" I don't care if it's a white millionaire kid from Oxfordshire who comes to my show, buys my record, supports me and rates me. It's cool. "

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Kid

White

" 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.' "

" Even if you don't like me, you know me because I'm just in your face. "

" 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. "

" Our parents don't always know what's right. It's a new age. "

" Bands like Little Mix do represent youth culture because loads of 16 year old girls listen to them. "

" 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. "

" On the microphone, I'm not scared to step up and say, 'This is my ability, this is how good I am.' In other areas of life, I'm not so confident; I'm still adjusting to the photo shoots, all that stuff. But behind the mic, I'm fully confident. "

" I'm on the rise and whatnot, but I'm not the man to say, 'All right, world, here's grime.' It's gonna take me, Skepta, JME, Novelist and Lethal Bizzle, to say, 'I'm sick, he's sick, he's sick, he's sick'. Not one man can do it. "

" Every single thing that I was told that I couldn't do without a label - get in the charts, get on to the Radio 1 playlist - I've done. "

" I'm a bit crazy, so sometimes I just get these mad ideas that, on paper, aren't even possible. "

" Britain is not just One Direction, Little Mix, and James Bay. There's Skepta killing it, there's Krept and Konan killing it. "

" My core is grime. But I make all kinds of music. Take Picasso. He could paint whatever way he liked. He could do a little ting with a felt tip if he wanted to - it's still going to be a bad boy Picasso at the end. "

" My older sister was into grime, so she got me into it. When I was ten, I begged her to take me to my first house party, where there were decks and a mic. I ended up falling asleep standing up in the corner. "

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House

Sister

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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" I don't even think of it as a strategy. It's me in my element; it's my forte. Me being with all the mandem on the ends, spitting to an old school grime riddim, is me in my element; that's when I feel I'm at my best. "