King Krule

When I make music, it's a very visual thing. Conjures up a lot of images.

— King Krule

Sometimes I'll listen to a lyric and I'll be so pissed off that I didn't write it.

— King Krule

A lot of the time, I was unhappy as a kid, so I spent it, I guess, in a gray place.

— King Krule

I want to get more and more sophisticated. I'm ready to go from being a kid to being a king.

— King Krule

I guess from 12 onwards I was always into my music.

— King Krule

I actually find a lot of pleasure in writing lyrics.

— King Krule

All of my stuff is raw, it's emotive, it's real.

— King Krule

I do love the music aspect of the Internet. The Internet made me.

— King Krule

Growing up in any big city, you get exposed to so many beautiful cultures. I've grown up with a lot of open…

— King Krule

I've mainly been sampling jazz because the tone of the chords are expressive in itself, so it's quite nice to write over.

— King Krule

Jazz is more raw than punk in a lot of ways. It's so expressive. A lot of people say to me, especially…

— King Krule

My uncle was in a ska band called the Top Cats; that was my first proper influence, as I was taken to…

— King Krule

I've got rid of a lot of cynicism and anger. I feel positive about my development, and I just want to carry…

— King Krule

My mum used to work in New York in Spike Lee's shop; she did the outfits for the video for P.M. Dawn's…

— King Krule

There's a lot of tension in London, but then you realize it's always been there, in its history, and that the best…

— King Krule

I got a lot from my uncle who is a really good ska guitarist. Very ragged makeshift rhythms and intricate lines.

— King Krule

When I was younger, I used to do that a lot: I would hear a part of a song that would really…

— King Krule

I never got lessons. I took influence from Chet Baker, Ian Dury, and Joe Strummer. I don't hear my voice and think,…

— King Krule

Especially with the live, just the way I curve words, it's about expression. It's so emotive, to be able to release these…

— King Krule

I got alright GCSEs, but I was lost. I didn't know what to do, whether to continue with education, go to uni,…

— King Krule

Because the Internet's there, I have access to a lot of the legends, like Fela Kuti. I used to watch a lot…

— King Krule

I changed from 'Zoo Kid' to 'King Krule' mainly because I didn't want to be called a 'Kid' when I was 20,…

— King Krule

When I realized I could write lyrics and let someone that I knew listen to them, but not know that the song…

— King Krule

I'm trying to create a collection of stories - the 'U.F.O.W.A.V.E.' songs are all stories. I haven't really taken direct lyrical influence…

— King Krule

I was always wrapped around music being a tradition, a skill.

— King Krule

I went through quite a few establishments that maybe weren't great for myself - security units, youth-offender places. I guess that was…

— King Krule

Stuff like Buena Vista Social Club and Fela Kuti were quite a main thing to my childhood. As soon as I reached…

— King Krule

My dad is an art director for BBC TV shows, and my mum does screen printing workshops. Both of my parents played…

— King Krule

A lot of people who have been perceiving my music have been trying to formulate a genre for it, and I think…

— King Krule

It's strange. No one ever really talked to me about my voice. People started writing about it, and I was like, 'What?'…

— King Krule

I've mainly been sampling jazz because the tone of the chords are expressive in itself, so it's quite nice to write over.…

— King Krule