Me and my brother were always making and repairing things - what people call upcycling now. — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
Reading is something most people do every day and I didn't know it would mean so much to me. — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
It's nice when people like me and all that kind of stuff, but it's still quite uncomfortable. — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
I've got my own businesses, employing people that I want to employ. How cool is that? — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
One of the people I lived with was a bit naughty and would steal our food. You would see him with the… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
At 21 I was all over the place, I had no direction, I left London because I was getting into loads of… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
The beauty with cameras now is that people are able to start recording stuff. Imagine all of the stuff that's gone on… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
I never anticipated that I would be writing a book and never anticipated that people would want to read it and it'd… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
People find it amazing that somebody can't read. It's like not everybody is a David Beckham, not everybody can kick the ball… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
No matter where you are in life, no matter what you think you can't achieve, there are people ready to support you… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
It's all about sustainability, it's all about teaching the next generation as to what they should be doing and what they can… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
No matter where you are in your life, no matter what you think you can't achieve, there are some people that are… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
If you know certain places are not necessarily for you, why don't you create your own place? I often say to people… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
My mother put me into a competition in Clacton-on-Sea in which people attempted to be the quickest eater of 100 Jacob's Cream… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
You have to make a mistake to succeed. If anybody came to you and says 'I'm always winning,' something's not right there.… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
School had two big influences on me. First, the racism I received - being called names and having eight people out to… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
Me being on TV is hopefully encouraging people to say, well, Jay's done this from where he's come from. I'm sure we… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
I could read a little bit, I think I suffered a lot of racism when I entered school and my learning just… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
I went to a predominantly white secondary school and experienced a lot of hate and racism. — Jay Blades Copy Share
People find it amazing that somebody can't read. It's like not everybody is a David Beckham, not everybody can kick the ball and get… — Jay Blades Copy Share
If you're not making something that can be repaired, why are you making it? It's just going to go to landfill. — Jay Blades Copy Share
When you've been in that state - call it a no man's land, because a future can't be seen. People say, 'Why don't you… — Jay Blades Copy Share
One of the people I lived with was a bit naughty and would steal our food. You would see him with the cornflakes box… — Jay Blades Copy Share
I used to think of Hackney in a really good light, now it's too much linked to slavery, too much. And then you're a… — Jay Blades Copy Share
No matter where you are in life, no matter what you think you can't achieve, there are people ready to support you - and… — Jay Blades Copy Share
My reading skills are improving but I'm still using coping strategies. I can read signs and I can work things out. — Jay Blades Copy Share
I think I knew three couples that were together. I don't remember seeing too many men in my estate. — Jay Blades Copy Share
