I'm not a grime act, I'm not a rapper, nor am I melody man. I just make music. — Santan Dave Copy Share Image
I like making music when no one's really there, so it's just you and yourself: you're more free. — Santan Dave Copy Share Image
Rap, for me, I go at any tempo and any sound of beat and incorporate melody as well. — Santan Dave Copy Share Image
I've always listened to different styles of music to make sure I'm balanced. I feel like if you only listen to your… — Santan Dave Copy Share Image
I think we internalise a great deal. Music can draw that stuff out of even the hardest person. — Santan Dave Copy Share Image
Music and football are two industries where black people excel, because talent is undeniable. You can't deny an amazing voice. You can't… — Santan Dave Copy Share Image
The moment I started learning to play the piano it changed my whole dynamic with music and with school. Suddenly I had… — Santan Dave Copy Share Image
It's what I do my entire life when I'm not doing music. If I'm in a hotel room in Sweden, or on… — Santan Dave Copy Share Image
I was drawing before I did music, but me, I'm a dilettante. I jump into everything until I find one thing that… — Santan Dave Copy Share Image
I started my first year at college on May 10 2015, and dropped my first video, 'Black Box' on the same day,… — Santan Dave Copy Share Image
Music and football are two industries where black people excel, because talent is undeniable. You can't deny an amazing voice. You can't deny amazing… — Santan Dave Copy Share
I think we internalise a great deal. Music can draw that stuff out of even the hardest person. — Santan Dave Copy Share
For a black person who's Senegalese, growing up in France, or a New York Jamaican, that's a completely different relationship with being black and… — Santan Dave Copy Share
I like soundtracks. I love Hans Zimmer, the score for 'The Dark Knight Rises' is one of my favourites. I also like 'Man of… — Santan Dave Copy Share
I started my first year at college on May 10 2015, and dropped my first video, 'Black Box' on the same day, it's pretty… — Santan Dave Copy Share
I just can't belong to a genre, because I don't know what I would want it to be. — Santan Dave Copy Share
Prison hosts a lot of normal people, a lot of family men who were caught in a tight situation or in a dark place. — Santan Dave Copy Share
I think it's crucial to go out and explain to people who you are and where you come from, your hardships - that's the… — Santan Dave Copy Share
When it gets to that time to tell your mum that you're not going to university, which has been her grand plan for you… — Santan Dave Copy Share
Black is confusing. Where does the line start and stop with what is black and what isn't black? People that are mixed-race, or, imagine… — Santan Dave Copy Share
I learnt what I am not good at: listening, staying focused, turning up on time, following orders... I realised that I was going to… — Santan Dave Copy Share
The biggest lesson that I've learnt is that things can change so quickly, never get used to one thing because everything can flip on… — Santan Dave Copy Share
