Quotes from Slowthai

I like to have something that makes me want to write. Otherwise, I'm just writing for the sake of it. I feel like if I've got something to say, I'll say it the right way.

I don't wanna ever make jingles. I wanna do something that changes people's opinions and provokes thought and makes them think about how they should live their life and how they can better themselves and empower themselves.

If you've paid your hard-earned money to see a gig, you want to be entertained. That's what I wanna give my fans.

I have to carve my own way. Build. It takes time.

People feel like they have to hide their true colors to please the people around them.

I appreciate film and stuff that's visually pleasing.

Music's the biggest way of connecting people.

I never want to make one type of music. You wouldn't just eat sushi for the rest of your life - there's so much more food.

I don't wanna be a Londoner! Growing up, that was hell - being one of them kids who wears Air Force 1s and that. It made me feel sick.

I always want to talk about real life, not about material possessions. I've got to tell the story of the people for the people and not for celebrity or fame.

There's no cowboys in England.

I spend my life around people that are, like, bad people, if you want, and then deep down they're not. It's just the circumstances they've been given. A majority of people that are standoffish, it's because they lack the feeling that they're connecting to anything or that there's opportunity for them to get anything.

I think blood doesn't determine who your family is.

I've never had big diamonds; I never had big cars.

I'm about growth for myself. So if I've made a lot of mistakes, and I haven't learnt from them, then I've failed as a human being.

I love the Queen. I love the whole fairy tale of the Royal Family; the Crown Jewels; Buckingham Palace; the tourist attraction. But really, is that what we've got a monarchy for? It's just for tourism, and then you survive and live off taxpayers' money?

If I have a voice to shine light on things or draw attention or provoke, as an artist people look to - I should do that.

I want to play guitar, piano, drums, write songs for other people. I can do punk - I can do indie - but as long as it has my voice, it'll always be my sound.

I don't like being pigeonholed. Why would you want to limit yourself to one style or one genre? Labels are something I want to avoid. I've had it my whole life, being pushed into a place, a circumstance or situation I didn't want to be in. My motivation has always been to get away from it.

I don't want to follow in the footsteps of anybody that went before, because they didn't do what I want to do.

The first thing I wanted to be growing up was a solicitor, because all the people around me needed solicitors! But I never really followed it up. Then I wanted to be a dessert chef because I liked the presentation.

The only queen I know is my mum.

It's a primitive thing, kings and queens.

Take everything that's bad in your life and look at the positive within it. Don't ever see your glass as half-empty.