Quotes from Big Narstie

Fans, when they see me, they're like, 'Rah, he's a real funny person,' but everyone who grew up with me is like, 'Rah, that's Fat Tyrone.'

If a kid is born into a tough situation with no means of dealing with it, you end up with kids who are mentally ill and have no way of reaching out.

I'm not a token black guy.

Every man deserves a castle; doesn't matter how big your castle is.

I was very lucky - how many people can say they did a song with John Barnes and played football with him?

I'm only a human being. I'm not a robot.

I'm gonna show the world how to do proper football reporting, Narstie-style.

I buried my dad the day I started Craig David's tour. Buried him, got on this tour bus in Stratford, and hit the road. Mixed emotions.

Going back about 10 years ago, the only thing a black kid could do to get out of the ghetto was being a sports star. Now we can add music to that, which is a good achievement in itself.

If I haven't rested, or I haven't slept or had food or done the normal basic things as a human being, how could I stand in front of a camera and do stuff, you know what I mean? It's mad!

My kitchen is an imitation, really, of my mum's, except for the big American fridge.

With some things, karma is good enough. Lessons come back in different ways, you know what I mean?

When I'm romantic, I'll make minted lamb. Yeah, man, I do have my romantic moments.

Hopefully I've inspired a lot of people who thought they'd never be able to get their own TV show to give it a go.

I appreciate both good and bad - I don't want to sit in a bubble where everyone just tells me everything positive to keep my morale high.

I'm lucky; I've been raised with the right morals.

Grime's always been big at festivals. Grime's always had an underground crew.

Channel 4 know I'm messed up. But they've got a soft spot for me.

I'm my production team's biggest nightmare.

The reason my management get upset with me the most is that they don't know what's going to come out my mouth.

Years ago, when I was making music, I was sending it off to radio stations and getting told it was 'too urban.' But what else am I supposed to make?

I didn't get played on radio or TV for 3 years. They all told me the same thing: it was too urban. They don't see grime music as commercial music, but all music is commercial; it's how you make it. That's what I'm trying to say.

Everyone uses grime as a footstool, but imagine Biggie Smalls started doing hip hop, and it started going well, and then he started making RnB: there would be no hip hop!

I'm a breath of fresh air, and there hasn't been something this black on TV for a very long time.