Goldie

In New York, I was into Kool G Rap and Polo, KRS-One, that whole big 80s boom.

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Some people bought into the whole fame thing more than others, but I never did. I never felt I belonged; I wasn't…

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I'm eclectic in my tastes because of my trauma. It's madness. It's almost ADHD.

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Timeless' was always gonna be the blueprint as an artist for me.

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Pat Metheny's my hero, man. I've got so much from Metheny's music.

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You face your demons doing Bikram. You challenge them, beat them.

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Saturnz Return' proves how important the mother issue was for me in my life.

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Anyone who asks if graffiti is really art should be cast out into a field, because they're Neanderthals.

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Mother' is not just about the physical mother but the fact of needing to be mothered, needing to have something that surrounded…

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I've grown up putting my suitcase down, making new friends, and then having to pick it up again, like 'Let's move him…

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I've always worked with different mediums whether it's melting gold to make teeth, working with wood and paint or bending sound in…

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I couldn't carry on straight after doing 'Mother,' it was really hard. Getting my anger out was a catharsis but it was…

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I see electronic music as loads of monkeys pushing buttons and me being one of them. But I think my album 'Timeless'…

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I've always felt mixed race. Or as my music teacher said during a lesson: 'You are a mulatto.' I always felt there…

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Yes, I can be melancholy, but do you think I had Bing Crosby singing 'White Christmas'? I never had nothing. I didn't…

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If I was running a British School of classical music I'd employ Tai Chi teachers to help the conductors at the end…

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I had so much anger. So much anger. Particularly towards my mother. I was a really, really angry person, and it was…

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I think most albums should be 13 tracks, to be fair. It's a matter of interest. It's quality over quantity.

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When I was in the care system, I lived for skating and drawing. I lived on roller skates.

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Songwriting for me is about zooming into the canvas, not songwriting in a typical sense.

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I grew up on Steel Pulse, Bob Marley, Public Image Ltd., Sex Pistols, The Jam and somewhere in the middle was The…

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We have choices in life when we're young and I think a lot of things were stacked against me.

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Technology is not my master; when I use technology, I take it for a joyride.

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I made my first record at 27, and there are people who are 17 and 18 out there making records.

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Me and Wiley have got a lot in common. And not just the fact that we're both a bit nuts.

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Once you leave your ego behind and let the good light in, you shine good light back. That may be a bit…

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Music and art well and truly saved my life really - the light switched on when I discovered art.

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Timeless' is like the little sister, but 'Journeyman' is the big brother - it's what I'll take to the grave.

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Saturnz Return' was very up close and personal, which scared people off.

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All my experience in film has been quite fleeting and tokenesque.

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I honestly believe art and music saved me. Art and music saved my life. I am blessed.

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Just feeling misunderstood sometimes, I guess, has been my biggest downfall.

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I've lost friends and people that I've admired. The loss of any life is a travesty.

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I collect paint like I collect sound. And then I use layers, layers, layers.

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I'm ahead of fashion: my clothes aren't fashionable at the time, but they become so. I set trends.

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It's very important to understand how the trauma of a life drives the music to really mean something.

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I use the same big studios that everybody else uses, but my attitude once inside is that of a total barbarian.

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Urban breakbeat has become the mood of the '90s, like rap was in the '80s.

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Too many people are making images of war. If I want to see war, I'll watch the news.

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When I start a song, I have an image and a story. In many ways, it's more like painting than making music.

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