Quotes from Big Narstie

I wasn't meant to be famous. I've been blessed.

No, I wouldn't let Trump on my stage... I'd just rather fight him in the car park.

At 18, I could have not been here. I could have been another statistic. All the odds were in favour of my just going to prison at that age. I had no visions of being a superstar.

I want to show people my successful side, but I want to show you my bipolar side, too.

I would say it was God blessing my life and giving me the opportunity to do everything I'm doing.

Sometimes I just want to sit in my boxer shorts and cry. That's what being a human is.

There were times when I couldn't even buy a loaf of bread.

I'm in front of cameras a lot; I'm used to it.

'The Big Narstie Show' is, basically, Channel 4 gave me a good amount of dough to be myself.

I would say 'The Big Narstie Show' is the United Colours of Benetton; it's for everyone. But I would definitely say that it has a black appeal, because that's what I am.

I'm not really a comedian, innit; I just naturally say things which people class as funny.

You're only as good as your options and your surroundings.

If you're wearing Reebok classics, then you're going through a midlife crisis. I don't want to catch you wearing these in the rave.

Some people see what I don't see - I'm just so happy to do all of this just being myself. The same thing what you get on the TV, you will see in your local Asda or the pound shop.

None of my friends go to places like Selfridges. I'm a regular at the pound shop!

I'm not from a conventional world, innit? So the fact that I'm getting a chance to express my world in society and TV is epic.

I'm the prime example of it; think about it, you know. My whole career has blown up by genuine people power.

The only diversity in the Brits is with the Americans. I've been saying this for a while: for our country to do good, we need to embrace our country.

Especially in our industry, everything is so prim and proper; you'll never really see anyone show their sad side, because everyone wants to be perfect.

I'm scared of fish - the way they look at you.

The danger is that the artists who'll put grime into the commercial and public eye will put grime at the back of their closets and jump on another genre of music.

I was like, 'If I bang your thing, will you bang my thing? Will you sing on my album?' And he was like, 'Yeah, of course.' So I've got Robbie Williams on my album. Robbie Williams on grime.

I'm so thankful that Mum taught me to cook, because not every day is a takeaway day.

I am very thankful and blessed that I haven't had to sell my soul and be anything that I'm not.